Category: International
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There have been 13 recent deaths of Mexicanswhile in ICE detention custody. There are over 13,700 Mexicans currently being held in US immigration detention. Read more here
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This article , from Mother Jones, describes third country and other deportation flights that are being outsourced by ICE to OMNI Air International which was purchased in April, 2025 by Stonepeak. a private equity firm.
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NPR discussed third-country deportations in a 34-minute podcast. Here is the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Executive Summary from a report on third-country deportations which highlights the issues (from circumventing U.S. immigration law to the expenses associated with third country deportations).
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ICE may be at US/Mexican Ports of Entry to detain people who are self-deporting across the US/Mexican border in order to raise the number of detained individuals and to impose stronger penalties on those people. Read more here
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This explainer (by AfghanEvac.org) describes the newly issued interim final rule about the Board of Immigration Appeals for immigration courts which would fundamentally change the way appeals are handled.
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Read this Travel Ban Explainer by Immigration Monitor (a credible guide to global immigration). This lists countries with full and partial travel bans that affect various kinds of immigration and non-immigration visas – and the rationale for restricting travel and visas from these countries. Some exceptions make be available for some people with these reasons:…
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This article describes how ICE flights (both shuffle flights within the U.S. and deportation flights) are affecting immigration inmates at the Aurora (near Denver, Colorado) Immigration Detention Center.
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Human Rights First has created a new website to track and explain third-country deportations from the United States. Here is the new Third-country Deportations Watch website. Here’s the cheat sheet (chart) with an overview of third country deportations from the US. Countries with current or pending agreements include these: Belize | Costa Rica | Ecuador…
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The Dallas Express explains vetting deficiencies for Afghan nationals coming to the U.S. during Operation Allies Welcome after evacuating Afghanistan in 2021. Read the article here.
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Austin Kocher writes about a new report (by Human Rights Watch and Cristosal) which confirms torture of Venezuelans who were immigrants in the U.S. until they were sent to CECOT. Read the full report here
Immigration Insight 