The Shadow Deportations of America's Third Country Deals The recent deportation of dozens of immigrants from countries like Cuba and Ecuador to the Central African Republic has raised troubling questions about the true nature of the United States' immigration policies under the Trump administration.
At its core, this is a story not just about men who were forcibly sent to a foreign land without warning or consent, but also about the morally ambiguous politics that have come to define America's approach to immigration.
These deportations appear to be an extension of the third country deals signed by the Trump administration with over 30 nations plagued by conflict and human rights abuses.