U.S. Deports 24-Year-Old Afghan to Central African Republic on 70-Person Flight
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 29
U.S. Deports 24-Year-Old Afghan to Central African Republic on 70-Person Flight
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 29
Summary
A 24-year-old Afghan whose father, brother and sister worked with U.S. forces was deported Friday to the Central African Republic, according to AfghanEvac, the ACLU and a person familiar with the operation.
The removal came on a plane carrying about 70 foreign nationals, part of a growing U.S. practice of sending migrants to countries where they have no ties.
The Trump administration expanded those third-country deportations after a Supreme Court ruling last July, while also moving to strip protected status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
Advocacy groups say the case breaks a longstanding U.S. commitment to protect Afghans linked to the 20-year war effort; about 23,000 people have been sent to non-origin countries, including 19,000 to Mexico.