During Trump's first 13 months in office through mid-March 2026, the administration deported more than 21,000 people to nations the State Department explicitly warns Americans never to visit, including Iran, Venezuela, Haiti, Ukraine, Myanmar, Somalia, and Afghanistan. Among the deportees were at least 600 children, and the vast majority had no criminal convictions, despite travel warnings citing terrorism, wrongful detention, kidnapping, gang violence, and armed conflict. The administration has also signed third-country removal agreements with 36 nations where deportees have no prior ties, including five rated Level 4 Do Not Travel by the State Department—Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, South Sudan, and Uganda. Attorneys say some deportees sent to the Central African Republic have been kidnapped by police and held for ransom, with the International Organization for Migration sometimes intervening to secure their release, and advocates say the U.S. government considers its responsibility to end once a person is removed.