Deported to a country you've never heard of

被遣返回一个你从未听说过的国家

Today, Explained

2026-01-08

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How the Trump administration is using "third country deportations" to expel asylum seekers. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Miles Bryan. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • We're nearly a year into Donald Trump's second term and there's been a few surprises.

  • The guy who built a brand around being against regime change in foreign countries,

  • taking over Venezuela and gunning for Greenland, it's a bit surprising to me, gotta admit.

  • Don't ask me who's in charge because I'll give you an answer and it'll be very contrary.

  • What does that mean?

  • Yes, we're in charge.

  • But one thing Trump has been super clear about is his opposition to asylum.

  • He does not want asylum seekers coming to the US.

  • The ones that do come, he's deporting them.

  • Often to countries they aren't from, countries they've never even heard of.

  • Eswatini, South Sudan, Costa Rica.

  • We know nothing about this country.

  • We don't know language, we don't know culture, we don't have...

  • Third country deportations and the end of asylum as we knew it.

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