Third Country Removal

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A dark world map with orange arcs fanning out from home countries to the third countries that received people, most lines converging on Africa, with continents labeled.

Law & Policy·October 10, 2026·5 min read

Third Country Removals: A World Map of Where People Are Sent

An interactive world map of third country removals under the 2025 DHS guidance now before the Supreme Court in DHS v. D.V.D. — every documented route from home country to destination. The agreement-based removal flights go mostly to Africa, a few hundred people each, while by far the larger volume is handed over at the Mexican land border.

Map of the United States divided into federal judicial circuits. The First Circuit is solid blue and outlined in gold for certiorari granted, the Ninth is violet, the Fourth is crosshatched for a pending appeal, the Fifth is striped blue and orange for a split among its district courts, the Third, Eighth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits are striped blue for district court relief, and the rest are grey.

Law & Policy·October 10, 2026·14 min read

Third Country Removals, Mapped: One Circuit Ruled, and Everyone Else Went Through Habeas

The Supreme Court has let third country removals resume while it decides DHS v. D.V.D. An interactive map of where the federal courts stand on the policy, the district court habeas rulings in circuits with no appellate opinion, and the 1252(g) jurisdiction split behind the first question in DHS v. D.V.D.