{"id":"94b6afa1-99e8-45fd-9cf5-57c302aa37a5","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/21/trump-deportation-deals","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals","plainHeadline":"More than 25,000 people deported to countries not their own under Trump policies.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Nika, a 32-year-old Iranian woman, was deported on a plane to the Central African Republic.","Over 25,000 people have been deported to countries other than their own under Trump-era policies.","About 20,000 were bused to Mexico; more than 5,000 were flown to Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and central Asia.","A federal appeals court ruled third-country removals unlawful, citing due process concerns.","Documents show most signatory countries to US deals will not accept migrants with violent criminal records."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T05:00:38.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-21T05:03:23.322Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a6feb49e-0679-4770-95aa-c00c075318a5","storyId":"a6feb49e-0679-4770-95aa-c00c075318a5","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a1111af32b508c7aedf458e07ae1af37f330f83/1_0_4998_4000/master/4998.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=866fd4e05f8eb0b360470a5fbaa0e559","author":"Louisa Loveluck","dek":"After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries."}