The Deportation Project
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How Trump Turned a Refugee Bureau Into a $410 Million Deportation Operation
September 21, 2026
The Deportation Project is a joint, months-long, cross-border investigation into the Trump administration’s use of third-country removals: deporting people to countries where they are not citizens and may have no ties.
Organized by Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit news organization based in Paris, The Deportation Project brings together 72 journalists from 24 media organizations, including FRONTLINE, across 15 countries.
FRONTLINE is producing an upcoming documentary as part of this collaboration.
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