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Trump administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan

Global Published 31 October 2026, 09:56 · archived 31 Oct 2026

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, a US official and a coalition of veterans and advocacy groups said on Friday. Many facing removal fled Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover and US withdrawal, said Shawn VanDiver, head of AfghanEvac. Some facing deportation are “brothers and sons of men who served alongside US forces, families the Taliban already has every reason to target,” VanDiver added. Over 150 Afghan immigrants are expected to be deported, the New York Times reported, in one of the largest single expulsions o...

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