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Yesterday, Aug. 20, was one of the worst days of ICE flights I've seen. -At least 82 ICE flights -At least 15 were removal flights, including Haiti -At least 5 removals were third-country removals (Cameroon, Costa Rica, Liberia, Paraguay, Rwanda) -Plus 1 emergency return for reasons unknown

Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

21 Aug

You can read my story about one of those third-country removals here prospect.org/2026/08/20/l...

prospect.orgLiberia Joins Trump’s ‘Third-Country Deportation’ Network - The American ProspectThe African republic says it will take up to 1,200 noncitizen deportees beginning with the flight on Thursday.

Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

And the Third-Country Removal Tracker has been updated. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...

gillianbrockell.comTracking All of Trump’s Known Third-Country RemovalsTrump's ICE has expelled an estimated 22,000 people to countries where they have no ties. Find out where they are going, what happens to them, and who profits.

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jientho.bsky.social

@jientho.bsky.social

21 Aug

Ghana is particularly ironic, in that they had renamed their “Door of No Return” to “Door of Return”. But this (U.S. forced removals) is not what they had in mind surely… Edit to add: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_of_Return (Edited 8:36 AM via @skeetsapp.com)

Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

21 Aug

There is another ICE flight to Africa in progress, which could include third-country nationals. Will know more when we see where it lands.

Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

21 Aug

Correction to the top post in this thread: bsky.app/profile/gill...

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

CORRECTION: After looking at the flight data a little closer, there were SIX third-country removals, with an additional stop in Equatorial Guinea -- where migrants already trapped there say officials are beating them and threatening them at gunpoint.