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Reported: Trump administration uses Migration and Refugee Assistance to pay countries accepting deportations of third-country nationals

  1. Original Date Announced

    November 10, 2025

    AP News reports that the Trump administration is using Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA) funds, which are appropriated by Congress to assist refugees overseas, to pay Equatorial Guinea $7.5 million to accept the deportations of third-country nationals. Such a payment "would be the first government-to-government transfer from that account, which was set up by Congress to respond to humanitarian crises." In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) asked the Secretary to explain why this is "a permissible use of funds."

    2025.11.10 Reported: Senate Democrat questions Trump administration’s $7.5M payment to Equatorial Guinea - AP News

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