From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:07:26 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
      
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   >US paid $32m to five countries to   
   >accept about 300 deportees   
   >Feb 12   
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   >The Trump administration has spent   
   >more than $1m per person to deport   
   >some migrants to countries they have   
   >no connection to, only to see many   
   >sent back to their home nations at   
   >further taxpayer expense, according   
   >to a new congressional investigation.   
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   >In the most extreme case, the   
   >administration paid Rwanda $7.5m   
   >plus an estimated $601,864 in flight   
   >costs to accept just seven people –   
   >about $1.1m per individual, according   
   >to the report’s analysis of government   
   >spending data and flight records. The   
   >administration similarly paid   
   >Equatorial Guinea $7.5m to take 29   
   >people, costing taxpayers an estimated   
   >$282,126 per person. Palau was paid   
   >$7.5m with no documented flights,   
   >Eswatini was paid $5.1m for 15 people,   
   >and El Salvador $4.76m for about 250   
   >people.   
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   >Committee staff indicated the state   
   >department is pursuing third-country   
   >deportation agreements with 70 to 80   
   >countries. More than 80% of migrants   
   >sent to these third countries have   
   >already returned to their home nations   
   >or are in the process of doing so, the   
   >investigation found, raising the   
   >question as to why they were not   
   >deported directly in the first place.   
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   >https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/us-paid-32m-to-five-   
   >countries-to-accept-about-300-deportees-report-shows   
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   What "report" and where may it be viewed?  The Guardian is tossing   
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