ThirdThe Trump administration's third-country deportation deals are a smart, effective way to remove dangerous criminals who can'tcannot be sent directly home. Countries like the Central African Republic, Congo and Eswatini are stepping up to hold serious offenders while repatriation getsis sorted outarranged. The U.S. Supreme Court has already cleared the legal path forward, soleaving there'slittle noreason legitimateto reasondelay a policy designed to slowprotect thispublic downsafety and prevent high-risk offenders from remaining in the country.
These secretive deportation deals cost taxpayers over $40 million and ship people — including asylum seekers — to countries where they face torture, with zero congressional oversight. African nations are signing on only under the Trump administration's economic pressure, not genuine agreement, which degrades democracy across the continent. Sending deportees to places they have no ties, where they don't speak the language, isn't border security — it's outsourced cruelty.
There is an 18% chance that the U.S. will establish a government program rewarding information leading to deportations before January 3, 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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