'I feel kidnapped': Latino immigrants say they're in legal limbo after being deported to country in Africa

Key Points:

• Yasmany Moreno de Armas, a Cuban immigrant deported from the U.S., is now living in the Central African Republic, a country deemed extremely dangerous due to armed conflict and terrorism, despite U.S. warnings against travel there.
• Moreno de Armas was among approximately 25,000 people deported to third countries—nations where they have no citizenship or ties—under the Trump administration's expanded immigration crackdown.
• Third-country deportations have increased recently through deals with nearly three dozen countries, including Liberia, Ghana, and the Central African Republic, often carried out without prior notice, due process, or opportunity for the deportees to object.
• Deportees report being left without passports or legal documents, effectively stranded and unable to leave, while U.S. immigration authorities claim these countries are safe and the deportations are lawful.
• Human rights advocates criticize the policy for disregarding due process and international law, highlighting the dangers deportees face in unstable and violent countries, and the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration is providing some humanitarian assistance to those affected.