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Appeals court pauses expanding third-country deportation program

Aug 29, 2026

Appeals court pauses expanding third-country deportation program
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A federal appeals court ordered a pause in the Trump administration's rapidly expanding third-country deportation program, ruling that the government had failed to give migrants a meaningful opportunity to challenge the countries to which they were being sent. CBS News reported the administration has reached arrangements with more than 30 countries, including the Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, with overall program totals estimated at more than 23,000 to 25,000 people expelled. Officials including Todd Blanche have defended the program as legal, and the administration has said it will take the case to the Supreme Court.

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