The administration similarly paid Equatorial Guinea $7.5m to take 29 people, costing taxpayers an estimated $282,126 per person.
Palau was paid $7.5m with no documented flights, Eswatini was paid $5.1m for 15 people, and El Salvador $4.76m for about 250 people.
Committee staff indicated the state department is pursuing third-country deportation agreements with 70 to 80 countries.
But the report documents multiple cases where home governments were willing to accept their nationals or were never properly contacted.
Equatorial Guinea, which received $7.5m to accept 29 people, ranks 172nd out of 182 countries for corruption according to Transparency International.
The report also raises concerns the administration may be using third countries to circumvent US immigration law.
When asked about the specific findings of the report, a state department spokesperson defended the administration’s approach. »
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