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North African man pressured to self-deport amid Uganda deportation threat

Oct 2, 2026·Location: Plymouth, MA

North African man pressured to self-deport amid Uganda deportation threat
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A North African man, identified only as A.S. out of fear of being detained again, said he was pressured to self-deport while held at the Plymouth, Massachusetts ICE detention facility last winter. He said officials repeatedly suggested he could instead be sent to Uganda, a country with a third-country removal agreement with the U.S. that he had never visited and whose language he did not speak. He was eventually released from detention to his family in southeastern Massachusetts.

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