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December 8, 2025

3 entries on this date.

United States and Burundi agreed to transfer of nationals flagged as security risks

The U.S. Department of State proposed a third-country removal understanding to Burundi via diplomatic note dated December 8, 2025, explicitly contemplating the transfer of people who "raise national security or public safety concerns" — broader framing than most of the administration's other third-country notes. Burundi's government accepted, with a carve-out excluding people with violent criminal records, through a further exchange of notes completed February 12, 2026.

United States and Cameroon reached undisclosed third-country deportation agreement

The United States and Cameroon reached a third-country removal agreement through diplomatic notes dated December 8, 2025, which were not made public until June 2026. At least 36 people have been forcibly sent to Cameroon across four flights between January and May 2026, many of whom had been granted U.S. humanitarian protections against return to their home countries.

Florida Gov. DeSantis designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood 'foreign terrorist organizations,' barring state contracts and funds

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order on December 8, 2025 designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as "foreign terrorist organizations," directing state agencies to deny contracts, employment, funds, and other material support to the groups and anyone supporting them. CAIR, which has more than 20 U.S. chapters and is not on the federal terrorist-organization list, sued days later alleging the order was unconstitutional and that DeSantis had usurped the federal government's exclusive authority to designate terrorist organizations.