Simon Hankinson, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has explained how the Trump administration’s agreements with third-party countries for deportations play a ‘vital’ role in U.S. national security. These agreements, Hankinson argues, help prevent the smuggling of dangerous individuals into the country and ensure that those who pose a threat to national security are not allowed to remain within the United States. The Heritage Foundation, a well-known conservative think tank, has supported these policies, which align with their broader agenda of enforcing stricter immigration controls and enhancing border security.