A congressional investigation reveals the Trump administration spent over $32 million to deport approximately 300 migrants to third countries with which they had no connection, sometimes exceeding $1 million per person. The report highlights extreme cases, such as paying Rwanda over $7 million to accept just seven individuals, while many deportees were simply sent back to their home nations at further taxpayer expense. Critics say the policy is expensive, opaque and potentially harmful because migrants were sent to countries with which they had no connection and sometimes poor human rights records.
Date: February 13, 2026. Summary: theguardian.com