All articles tagged with #third country agreements
A legal clash over ICE’s mass deportations exposes a growing global patchwork of negotiations with foreign governments, forcing the Trump administration to seek third-country destinations when home countries resist, with cases involving Vietnam, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran and others illustrating the diplomatic hurdles and limits of deportation diplomacy.
Farah, a 21-year-old Moroccan lesbian who fled violence and sought U.S. asylum, was denied asylum but received a protection order, then deported via a third-country deal first to Cameroon and later to Morocco, highlighting dangerous gaps in due process for LGBTQ migrants under U.S. third-country removals.
The U.S. government has expanded its efforts to negotiate deportation agreements with countries like Honduras and Uganda, allowing the deportation of migrants to third countries under the 'safe third country' law, as part of a broader diplomatic push to manage illegal immigration, despite human rights concerns and reports of abuses in some of these nations.