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From Alligator Alcatraz to South Sudan

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Jul 10, 2025
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INSIGHT

Expanded Deportation Strategies

  • The Trump administration is expanding eligibility for deportation and pursuing agreements with countries to deport non-citizens there.
  • This includes countries like South Sudan, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Central American nations that take migrants who aren't their own citizens.
ANECDOTE

South Sudan Deportation Controversy

  • The Trump administration deported eight men with criminal records to South Sudan, a country not their own.
  • A federal judge ruled this illegal, but the Supreme Court allowed such third country deportations with limited due process.
INSIGHT

Detention Overcapacity and Expansion

  • ICE is over capacity holding about 58,000 detainees but funded for much less.
  • The administration is turning to military bases and new facilities like 'Alligator Alcatraz' to hold more detainees and aims to expand detention capacity massively with new funding.
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