ICE, Trump and Africa: Secret deals, broken lives
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An investigative report exposes how the Trump administration uses deportations as leverage against African nations, revealing secret deals and leaving deportees in legal limbo. Most deported individuals had lived in the US for decades, paid taxes, and contributed to society, only to find themselves stranded in countries they don't know without documents, income, or legal status.
Most of the people deported have been living in the US for decades. They worked, paid taxes and many even have families who were left behind. Without notice, they were arrested, detained and then deported to Ghana and Eswatini: countries they don’t know and where they have no relatives, no income and no legal status.
Our reporter met individuals who now live in limbo: without papers and sometimes detained, at risk of being sent back to the very country they fled, many fearing for their lives.
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Behind the broken lives of the deported, the film reveals a dark system put in place by Washington. To secure agreements with African states, the US piles on the pressure: political and financial deals, discreet bargaining, or trade and tariff incentives.
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“ICE, Trump and Africa – Secret deals, broken lives” reveals how the US is relocating deportations: how secret deals are being carried out by the Trump administration, using human lives as a negotiating tool.
With the collaboration of Caroline Dumay, Olivia Bizot, Simon Martin and Marine Pradel.
Our reporter met individuals who now live in limbo: without papers and sometimes detained, at risk of being sent back to the very country they fled, many fearing for their lives.
Read moreDeported to Africa: An international investigation into Trump’s migrant policy
Lives in limbo and US pressure on African states
Behind the broken lives of the deported, the film reveals a dark system put in place by Washington. To secure agreements with African states, the US piles on the pressure: political and financial deals, discreet bargaining, or trade and tariff incentives.
Read more‘Waiting for us to crack’: In Cameroon, the victims of Trump’s deportations face uncertain fates
“ICE, Trump and Africa – Secret deals, broken lives” reveals how the US is relocating deportations: how secret deals are being carried out by the Trump administration, using human lives as a negotiating tool.
With the collaboration of Caroline Dumay, Olivia Bizot, Simon Martin and Marine Pradel.
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