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Camilo Montoya-Galvez

Immigration Correspondent

Camilo Montoya-Galvez is the Immigration Correspondent at CBS News, where his reporting is featured across multiple programs and platforms, including national broadcast shows, CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com and the organization's social media accounts.

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November 2, 2026 / 9:27 PM EST / CBS News

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The Trump administration has made plans to deport nearly 200 Afghan nationals by first sending them to Pakistan, where officials would then return the deportees to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan , a U.S. official told CBS News.

The official cautioned the plans are still in flux, and that it's unclear when such deportations could take place.

The Afghans in question are in ICE custody, accused of violating U.S.…