How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Washington Post

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Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.

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  • Reported by Washington Post and published Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 UTC.

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  1. The Deportation Project: Inside the Trump administration's secret deals to expel people worldwide

  2. How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation

  3. ‘Waiting for us to crack’: In Cameroon, the victims of Trump’s deportations face uncertain fates

  4. Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals

  5. Third-country removals: Trump’s deportation policy by the numbers

  6. Palm Beach mansion near Mar-a-Lago lists for $59 million

  7. Trump to meet Macron in New York before UN General Assembly

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