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. The deportations proceeded despite official State Department travel warnings citing terrorism, wrongful detention, kidnapping, gang violence, and armed conflict in these destinations. Legal scholars and human rights advocates argue the deportations violate the 1980 Refugee Act, which prohibits sending anyone to a country where their life or freedom is threatened.