Deported to Africa: An international investigation into Trump’s migrant policy

In the US, investigating the brutal methods of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can expose journalists to legal action, detention and even deportation. On June 14, 2025, Salvadoran reporter Mario Guevara experienced those risks firsthand. Guevara was detained while covering a protest against ICE in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of broader demonstrations against US President Donald Trump. He was deported to El Salvador four months later. To continue and to defend this crucial work, the Forbidden Stories network of journalists launched a wide-reaching investigation called “The Deportation Project: Revelations about the Trump administration’s mass deportations”. More than a hundred interviews, 72 journalists, 15 countries Since January 2025, more than 25,400 foreigners have been deported from the US to countries that most of them have never set foot in before. Most of them had been granted legal protections preventing them from being sent back to their home countries, where they were deemed at risk of persecution. To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video ...