Deportation to Congo tests U.S. third-country policy
TL;DR
Jose Yugar-Cruz, a 37-year-old asylum seeker who was denied asylum, now faces deportation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a federal judge cleared ICE to proceed; he spent 17 months detained, was briefly released when a court found his detention unlawful, and awaits a removal date as critics flag the Trump-era push to use third-country agreements — backed by diplomatic assurances — to move migrants abroad. Yugar-Cruz says he has no family or language in the Congo and, in an interview with CBS News, he described feeling like a person who has no value.
- South American man facing ICE deportation to the Congo says he feels "like a person who has no value" CBS News
- Detained asylum-seeker sends message to supporters KCRG
- Iowa ICE detainee says he may be deported to Congo, a country he says he’s never lived in KGAN
- Protestors gather in opposition to detention, planned deportation of José Yugar-Cruz thegazette.com
- Rally demands halt to man's deportation to wrong country KWWL
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