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The World

Trump administration's third-country deportations raise legal, ethical concerns

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6943 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration has deported as many as 15,000 people to countries they are not from, ranging from Mexico to South Sudan. Also, whale sightings in the Gulf of California have dropped in recent years, telling us something about the health of a vital ecosystem. And, the US and Israel saw groups of ethnic Kurds based in Iraq as potential forces to arm Iranian protesters and help bring regime change, but such an intervention never materialized. Plus, how our brains’ process for making memories seems to be vulnerable to generative AI.

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0:00.0

More immigrants are being deported from the U.S. to countries they're not from and have never even seen.

0:10.9

In countries like Rwanda and Congo increasingly seeking to join an agreement, and then a significant number also in Latin America, from countries like Paraguay, Costa Rica, Panama.

0:20.4

I'm Carolyn Beeler. Third country deportation gets ramped up.

0:24.4

Plus, AI videos we make of ourselves could worm their way into our brains as actual memories.

0:31.3

And the more realistic or plausible it was, the more likely you're to mislabel it as something

0:36.8

that I did personally.

0:39.1

And a Lebanese American photographer helped define the meaning of home.

0:43.8

I usually chat with the women to discuss their relation to Lebanon, where they would like to be

0:49.3

photographed, and often they have a story.

0:52.0

Those stories and more ahead on the world.

0:58.8

This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. It is a pleasure having you along this Friday.

1:04.8

The Trump administration has deported as many as 15,000 people to third countries.

1:13.0

Countries they're not from, and in many cases,

1:18.3

have likely never been. That is, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a U.S.-based think tank.

1:23.8

Agreements have been made with 27 countries willing to accept these deportees.

1:28.3

The Trump administration in second term is sending migrants across many different countries around the world.

1:32.8

Ariel Ruiz Soto is a senior analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.

1:38.3

Some of them are in Africa, especially an increasing number, including Congo, who has shown interest in recent days.

1:43.3

Many of them, especially those that do have some protection agreements, are actually in Latin America,

1:46.6

places like Paraguay, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Panama.

1:51.5

And then an increase in number two from Asia and island countries as well, like Palau.

1:55.4

While previous administrations have established third country agreements,

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