Peta-Gaye C.: Jamaican woman deported to Equatorial Guinea despite 2013 protection order
Peta-Gaye Chambers, 35, who came from Jamaica as a child, had been protected from deportation since 2013 over fears of persecution. She was deported to Equatorial Guinea anyway in June and says she was dragged from her room at gunpoint.
Sep 8, 2026Malabo, Equatorial GuineaCountry of origin: Jamaica

Peta-Gaye Chambers, 35, who came to the United States from Jamaica as a child, had been granted 'withholding of removal' by a U.S. immigration judge in 2013 after he found she would face persecution in Jamaica. Despite that protection, ICE deported her to Equatorial Guinea in June without notice. Chambers says she and other deportees were dragged from their rooms at gunpoint, handcuffed, assaulted and threatened by armed guards at the decommissioned Hotel Bamy in Malabo, where she remains held.
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