60 Minutes Transcript: Inside Trump's third-country deportations

What happened: A 60 Minutes investigation reported that about 25,000 people deported from the U.S. in the first year and a half of Trump's second term were sent to "third countries" that are neither the U.S. Why it matters: The report says past administrations carried out such deportations but not at this scale, and it uncovered cases where people ended up in places where U.S. immigration judges said they would likely be persecuted or tortured. DHS said Ghana provided diplomatic assurances for one deportee's safety and questioned the credibility of his fear claims.

A 60 Minutes investigation reported that about 25,000 people deported from the U.S. in the first year and a half of Trump's second term were sent to "third countries" that are neither the U.S.

The report says past administrations carried out such deportations but not at this scale, and it uncovered cases where people ended up in places where U.S. immigration judges said they would likely be persecuted or tortured. DHS said Ghana provided diplomatic assurances for one deportee's safety and questioned the credibility of his fear claims.