Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A controversial Trump administration policy is bypassing U.S. court protection orders by deporting asylum seekers to the Central African Republic (CAR)—a country currently engaged in a civil war that carries a strict "Do Not Travel" advisory from the U.S. State Department. Migrants who successfully fought deportation to their home countries due to threats of persecution, torture, or death are now facing these "third-country deportations." Several asylum seekers allege they were handcuffed, shackled, severely beaten, and even forced into full-body restraints during a nearly 20-hour June flight from Louisiana to Bangui. U.S. officials have firmly denied the allegations of abuse, calling them a "flat-out lie." Meanwhile, questions are swirling around a massive spike in U.S. funding to the UN migration agency (IOM) in the CAR. After years of giving just a few million dollars, the U.S. contributed $85 million this year. The State Department acknowledges that foreign assistance is being used to support countries that help achieve U.S. immigration priorities.
A controversial Trump administration policy is bypassing U.S. court protection orders by deporting asylum seekers to the Central African Republic (CAR)—a country currently engaged in a civil war that carries a strict "Do Not Travel" advisory from the U.S. State Department. Migrants who successfully fought deportation to their home countries due to threats of persecution, torture, or death are now facing these "third-country deportations." Several asylum seekers allege they were handcuffed, shackled, severely beaten, and even forced into full-body restraints during a nearly 20-hour June flight from Louisiana to Bangui. U.S. officials have firmly denied the allegations of abuse, calling them a "flat-out lie." Meanwhile, questions are swirling around a massive spike in U.S. funding to the UN migration agency (IOM) in the CAR. After years of giving just a few million dollars, the U.S. contributed $85 million this year. The State Department acknowledges that foreign assistance is being used to support countries that help achieve U.S. immigration priorities.
