The Third-Country Pipeline: How U.S. Removals Bypassed Due Process

Over 25,000 noncitizens have been transferred to third-party nations they have never set foot in. While executive agencies defend these transfers under foreign policy pacts, the underlying mechanism relies on a calculated domestic procedural failure, concealing destinations, bypassing administrative hearings, and evading non-refoulement obligations. The Mechanics of Transit Deportation In traditional immigration enforcement, a final … Read more