Emails Show ICE and Iran Worked Together on Deportations

Newly discovered emails reveal that ICE, the US immigration agency, quietly worked with the Iranian government to arrange the deportation of Iranians back to Iran.

ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This agency is responsible for finding and removing people who are living in the US without legal permission.

The emails show that this cooperation was happening at the same time President Trump was reportedly making plans related to a possible war with Iran, making the quiet partnership especially notable.

According to the reports, ICE handed over specific names of Iranians to the Iranian government at Iran's request. Iran's government is often described as a regime, a term used for a strict or controlling government.

More than 100 Iranians are reported to have been part of these deportation plans, which involved setting up special flights between 2025 and 2026 to send them back to Iran.

The word deportation refers to the legal process of sending someone back to their home country, usually because they do not have permission to stay.

This kind of cooperation between the US and Iran is considered unusual, since the two countries have had a tense and distant relationship for many years.

The information became public after emails were reviewed by journalists, giving new details about how the deportation flights were quietly arranged behind the scenes.