For context since this is doing numbers: The Trump regime has been using Gitmo on and off to imprison immigrants throughout his second term. But it’s been about two months since the last immigrants there were transferred out, and it seemed like they had finally abandoned this scheme. Guess not.
Aug 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Trump Administration Is Imprisoning Somali Immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?
Key questions answered about scheme that has sent more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their own
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
The tale illustrates how inefficient the ICE operation has been in the year since President Trump ordered the base to prepare for up to 30,000 “criminal aliens.”
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
The tale illustrates how inefficient the ICE operation has been in the year since President Trump ordered the base to prepare for up to 30,000 “criminal aliens.”
One Year of Immigration Enforcement Under the Second Trump Administration – Deportation Data Project
The story of immigration enforcement in the first year-plus of the second Trump administration is a story of a drastic increase in interior immigration enforcement: enforcement that occurs within the United States, usually far from the border. Interior deportations surged to five times their pre-inauguration level (see Figure 1).1
The propaganda loop
From A.I. to immigrant detention, propaganda is everywhere.
ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
The move represents a stark departure from previous practice and highlights the hardline nature of President Trump's immigration crackdown, leaving thousands of detainees exceedingly hard to trace and potentially unable to exercise all of their legal options.
The Cost of Deportations Calculator
The Trump administration is taking billions of _your_ taxpayer dollars to pay for mass deportations. The Cost of Deportations Calculator shows what could this money be used for instead.
The Largest Mass Deportation in American History | HISTORY
Up to 1.3 million people may have been swept up in the campaign.
Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay | International Refugee Assistance Project
MAJOR UPDATE: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Temporary Protected Status. Learn more.
https://purgepalantir.com/
It is an unaccountable behemoth vacuuming up our data to use in everything from denial management for health insurance companies to unjust deportations to lethal and extrajudicial drone strikes in Palestine and beyond.
Here's Every Single Death Linked to Immigration Enforcement Since Trump's Raids Began in 2025 ~ L.A. TACO
We hope this register offers a moment to remember the names and stories of the victims. For each one, we’ve included the backstory we were able to gather alongside the official account from government agencies.
Interesting editing error in today's Pew report. They used CPS to count immigrants (weren't we just arguing about this?) and conclude the number dropped 1.4 million from January to June. They repeat this key sentence, once with and once without the caveat... pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-fi…
Third-country removals
Search terms: ICE, CBP
Third-country removals: Guantanamo Bay
Including articles about the Guantanamo Bay detention center in general. Search terms: Gitmo, Migrant Operations Center, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
The Trump Administration May Have Just Lied to Judge About an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea
The Deportation Project: Inside the Trump administration's secret deals to expel people worldwide - Forbidden Stories
What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
Exactly. I’ve been saying this since I started the tracker last year, and it’s why I don’t call them deportations. gillianbrockell.com/track…
EXCLUSIVE: Cuban Asylum Seeker Deported to Africa Without ID, Money, or Cell Phone ~ L.A. TACO
Guantanamo: Detainee Accounts : VI. Punishment
St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay
The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo
1st migrant flight at Guantanamo Bay arrives, carrying 'worst of the worst'
Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay | International Refugee Assistance Project
Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured, Says Official Overseeing Military Trials
