U.S. deported gay asylum-seeker to country where homosexuality is illegal
Los Angeles Times • • world
Key Points:
- Farah, a 21-year-old gay woman from Morocco where homosexuality is illegal, fled family violence and sought asylum in the U.S. but was detained for nearly a year and ultimately deported via a third country despite a U.S. immigration judge's protection order.
- The Trump administration used third-country deportations to pressure undocumented migrants to leave the U.S., sending individuals like Farah to countries such as Cameroon, where homosexuality is also illegal and deportees face further danger.
- At least 15 deportees with legal protection orders were sent to a detention facility in Yaounde, Cameroon, highlighting concerns that the U.S. violated due process rights and immigration laws by deporting people to third countries without proper legal recourse.
- Cameroon
