Iranian Christian deported to Panama finds an uncertain future under U.S. third-country policy
TL;DR
Arsalan Saleh Fard, a 25-year-old Iranian Christian who fled Iran and sought asylum in the United States, was deported to Panama as part of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy. Living in a shelter in Panama City, he faces language barriers, precarious legal status, and a lack of work rights or a clear path to permanent residency, highlighting the human toll of the policy and the limbo many migrants endure when there is no plan for what comes next.
The U.S. sent an Iranian Christian to Panama. It had no plan for what came next. The Washington Post
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