Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed
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There is a 19% chance that at least twice as many deportations by U.S. will ICE occur in Fiscal Year 2025 compared with Fiscal Year 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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The Rwanda deportation scheme is reminiscent of the controversial U.K.-Rwanda migrant deal, which ultimately failed due to ethical and legal concerns. The deals with Sudan and Eswatini have also already drawn criticism from legal experts and human rights activists. The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, with its conservative majority, is cause for great concern about the state of the rule of law in the U.S., and the final word on the inhumane Rwanda deal has not yet been spoken.