The Trump administration's third-country deportation policies raise legal and ethical concerns

The Trump administration has deported as many as 15,000 people to countries they are not from, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Ranging from Mexico and El Salvador to Eswatini and South Sudan, some 27 countries agreed to take in deported individuals unable to return to their countries of origin. The practice has been criticized for leaving deportees in limbo and has raised ethical and legal concerns. Ariel Ruiz Soto is a senior analyst at the Migration Policy Institute and has been researching third-country deportations.