All articles tagged with #third country deportations
Fifteen U.S. deportees arrived in Liberia on Thursday as part of a major Trump-era deal to relocate up to about 1,200 people in third-country deportations; Liberian critics warn the arrangement is opaque and demand details on who the deportees are, whether they have criminal records, and how they will be treated, while the government says they will be detained temporarily and may seek asylum or return home.
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.
Farah, a 21-year-old Moroccan lesbian, fled family violence, sought asylum in the United States, and after a lengthy detention and a protection order against deportation to Morocco, was deported via a third country to Cameroon and then flown to Morocco, where she now lives in hiding. Her case highlights the risks and due-process concerns of U.S. third-country deportations and the role of return programs in potentially dangerous situations for asylum seekers.
A federal judge's order preventing the deportation of eight men to South Sudan remains in effect despite the Supreme Court's stay on his injunction, with the judge asserting he may still rule on individual cases. The Trump administration has appealed to the Supreme Court, criticizing the judge's actions, while the judge maintains his order is unaffected by the stay. The case highlights ongoing legal disputes over third-country deportations and the rights of deportees to share their fears of danger.
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the Trump administration to expedite deportations to countries where immigrants have no prior ties, overriding a lower court order that required more notice and opportunities for objections, amidst ongoing legal disputes over the process.