
Iranian Christian deported to Panama finds an uncertain future under U.S. third-country policy
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.













