The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights First

U.S. Sends Immigrants to Countries It Warns Americans Not to Visit

From kidnappings to torture, lawyers say third-country removals expose vulnerable people to the risks they fled in the first place.

Capital & Main · Sep 29

SCOTUS Is About to Decide Who Gets Deported Where: Inside the Fight Over Where ICE Can Send Migrants

The DOJ wants the Supreme Court to restart fast-track third-country deportations. Here's what's verified, what changed, and what's next.

Latin Times · Sep 27

Stephen Miller leads new push to boot immigrant kids and accelerate third-country deportations

Architect of Trump’s anti-immigration is directing deportation deals with 30 countries as he accelerates deportations of migrant children

The Independent UK · Sep 21

U.S. Has Deported Hundreds of Children to Cities in Southern Mexico

Human rights organizations said the minors lack the resources to go home safely and that some may have died trying.

Capital & Main · Aug 11

ICE deports Iranian asylum seeker to threat-filled African nation where US tells Americans ‘do not travel’

Trump’s deportation flights to the Central African Republic are a ‘death sentence,’ advocates warn

The Independent UK · Jun 12

Revealed: huge climate cost of harmful emissions from US immigration flights

Trump campaign accelerating climate crisis as officials move migrants to detention jails and deport them from US

The Guardian - US · May 26

ICE strapped down immigrants for 51-hour plane trip with drop-offs in six countries during record month for deportation flights, report finds

Hundreds of people were deported on 245 removal flights to 38 countries in April, report finds

The Independent UK · May 14

Trump’s ‘cruel and lawless’ deportation scheme spent $44M sending 17,500 people to places they’ve never been, report finds

Immigrants who fear torture and persecution in their home countries are being sent to ‘third countries’ that could deport them to the same places they fled, a sweeping new report finds

The Independent UK · May 7

Canadian mother held by ICE with daughter, 7, speaks out on families ‘suffering greatly’ in detention

Tania Warner and her daughter were detained in Texas facilities deemed ‘unsafe and degrading’

The Guardian - US · Apr 10

Video shows Minnesota dad and boy were flown on Delta to ICE detention in Texas

Airport security video shows another way federal agents are taking immigrants to detention centers

The Independent UK · Mar 26