Trump Administration Moves Ahead With Plans to Effectively Deport Some Afghan Refugees
The Hill reported that the administration is proceeding with plans to effectively deport some Afghan refugees to Afghanistan despite concerns about the Taliban.
The Trump administration is proceeding with plans to effectively deport some Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, despite concerns that they could face danger from the Taliban there, according to a report from The Hill.
The Hill's summary of the report says the concerns center on the possibility that the refugees "could become targets of the Taliban there." The outlet attributed its account to several reports, but the summary does not name the other reports or the outlets that produced them.
According to The Hill, dozens of Afghan immigrants have been detained in Louisiana, and more than 150 people are expected to be deported. The same summary places the expected removals among the largest single deportations, but the text breaks off before identifying the category of comparison, so that comparison cannot be completed from the available text.
The summary does not say which federal agency or official made the decisions described, and it does not report any statement from the administration in response to the concerns. The figures on detentions and expected removals are as The Hill reported them, and this story has not independently confirmed them.
The Hill's report was written by Sarah Davis and published on October 31, 2026. The administration's plans, as described in the report, are not detailed further in the available summary, and this account is limited to the points stated in that summary.