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Secret Deportation Payments Office Created, No Funding Accountability

5/28/2026

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The State Department confirmed the Office of Remigration was created about a year ago to handle multi-million-dollar deportation payments.
Office leadership rejected federal funding accountability and tasks the office with arranging deportations to countries that may not be immigrants’ original nations, including governments with corruption and human-rights abuse records.
Critics warn the lack of monitoring could let tens of millions of dollars move without transparency, raising concerns about taxpayer-fund misuse.

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Story summary

The State Department confirmed the Office of Remigration was created about a year ago to handle multi-million-dollar deportation payments.
Office leadership rejected federal funding accountability and tasks the office with arranging deportations to countries that may not be immigrants’ original nations, including governments with corruption and human-rights abuse records.
Critics warn the lack of monitoring could let tens of millions of dollars move without transparency, raising concerns about taxpayer-fund misuse.