Third Country Deportation

187 documented incidents tagged “Third Country Deportation” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• Venezuelan man deported to Liberia despite pending habeas case

  Aug 21, 2026 · TX

• US sends nearly 2,300 Mexican deportees through Guatemala, Honduras to bypass direct returns

  Aug 21, 2026

• Cuban deported by ICE to Liberia ends up stranded in Equatorial Guinea

  Aug 20, 2026 · LA

• Five migrants resist Liberia deportation, forced off plane in Equatorial Guinea

  Aug 20, 2026

• Twenty deportees sent to Liberia under new third-country removal deal

  Aug 20, 2026

• First deportation flight to Liberia carries 20 people under U.S. third-country deal

  Aug 19, 2026

• Liberia to accept 1,200 third-country deportees from US within a year

  Aug 19, 2026

• US secretly deports Mexican migrants to Guatemala and Honduras

  Aug 18, 2026

• DOJ moves to revive smuggling charges against wrongly deported Salvadoran man

  Aug 18, 2026 · Sacramento, CA

• West Hollywood man detained by ICE during check-in, friends fear deportation to Guyana

  Aug 12, 2026 · West Hollywood, CA

• Honduran woman with withholding of removal order fights ICE detention and third-country deportation

  Aug 11, 2026 · Chantilly, VA

• Nigerians deported on 30-hour flight shackled and manacled across Africa

  Aug 9, 2026

• Pastor Gabriel Johnson suffers stroke in ICE custody, family denied contact and updates

  Aug 8, 2026 · TX

• Honduran man deported by ICE to Central Africa without notice or consent

  Aug 6, 2026 · Bangui, Central African Republic

• Ethiopian asylum holder repeatedly detained despite judge's orders, contempt ruling pending

  Aug 6, 2026 · Baton Rouge, LA

• Three LGBTQ+ women fleeing Ghana persecution deported to Cameroon in secret Trump deal

  Aug 5, 2026

• Iranian woman held in Georgia detention faces deportation to Central African Republic

  Aug 4, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Honduran man deported to Senegal says he had asylum protection, demands return to U.S.

  Aug 3, 2026 · Senegal

• Eritrean man with torture protection deported to Central African Republic, separated from family

  Jul 31, 2026 · MD

• Cuban man detained without explanation in West Palm Beach, deported to Central African Republic

  Jul 31, 2026 · West Palm Beach, FL

• Cuban trucking company owner detained at court hearing, deported to Central African Republic

  Jul 31, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Cuban asylum seeker deported to Central African Republic, left without ID or money

  Jul 31, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Cuban man deported to Central African Republic without warning after year in ICE custody

  Jul 30, 2026 · FL

• Philadelphia man with 20-year legal status arrested by ICE, granted asylum, wins bond hearing

  Jul 30, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Nigerian nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas, released after congressional intervention

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Ethiopian man repeatedly re-detained by ICE despite court orders, official held in contempt

  Jul 28, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Iranian detainee Houman Rashidy ordered released after 13 months in custody, judge grants habeas relief

  Jul 27, 2026 · Torrance County, NM

• Guinean woman detained in Texas fights imminent removal to Ghana

  Jul 22, 2026 · Cameron County, Texas

• Sierra Leone native faces removal to Ghana despite threat to life, court halts deportation

  Jul 20, 2026

• Liberian man detained after 26 years under supervision as ICE plans deportation to Ghana

  Jul 19, 2026 · Philadelphia, PA

• Gay Burkina Faso asylum seeker redetained by ICE weeks after court ordered release

  Jul 17, 2026 · New York, NY

• Judge orders release of South Sudanese woman held in Iowa jail by ICE

  Jul 16, 2026 · Pottawattamie County, IA

• Cuban man deported to Eswatini on hunger strike in prison without charges, lawyer says

  Jul 15, 2026 · Eswatini

• Canadian resident challenges prolonged ICE detention, denied expedited relief

  Jul 13, 2026 · Tacoma, WA

• Mexican national in ICE custody challenges removal order citing pending immigration petitions

  Jul 13, 2026 · Watonga, OK

• Cuban detainee deported to Ecuador after hunger strikes, alleges ICE silencing

  Jul 13, 2026 · Florence, AZ

• Nigerian mother with withholding of removal arrested at ICE check-in, deported to Ghana and refouled to Nigeria

  Jul 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Pakistani detainee held 21 months ordered released by federal court

  Jul 1, 2026 · LA

• Russian trafficking survivor detained at ICE check-in, facing deportation to Russia during war

  Jun 29, 2026 · Oklahoma City, OK

• Latin American asylum seeker deported to DR Congo faces psychological strain and poor conditions

  Jun 29, 2026

• 18 Venezuelan men demand accountability for torture after US deportation to El Salvador prison

  Jun 23, 2026

• Dozen asylum seekers deported to Sierra Leone face return to persecuting countries despite court orders

  Jun 21, 2026 · Freetown, Sierra Leone

• Vietnamese man held in South Sudan for over a year returns to Vietnam after deportation

  Jun 19, 2026 · Juba, SS

• ICE Threatens Third-Country Deportation During Supervision Check-In

  Jun 16, 2026

• Torture survivor deported to Congo despite court protection; judge's order to return reversed

  Jun 15, 2026 · Washington, DC

• Iranian woman among migrants deported to Central African Republic

  Jun 12, 2026

• ICE detains Salvadoran with withholding of removal at Baltimore office

  Jun 12, 2026 · Baltimore, MD

• Iranian woman with court persecution protections deported to Central African Republic

  Jun 12, 2026 · LA

• Cuban mother deported, says tearful goodbye to children at airport

  Jun 5, 2026 · Cancún, Mexico

• Nicaraguan man detained at ICE check-in, scheduled for third-country removal

  Jun 4, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Colombian father deported to Costa Rica after reentering U.S. to reunite with newborn in NICU

  Jun 2026

• Salvadoran man detained at routine ICE check-in despite withholding of removal order

  May 29, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Woman granted torture protection detained over a year as ICE seeks third-country deportation

  May 29, 2026 · Monroe, LA

• Bolivian asylum-seeker held 17 months despite torture protections, released after Ebola outbreak halts Congo deportation

  May 29, 2026 · Iowa City, IA

• 32 asylum seekers granted US protection detained in Equatorial Guinea hotel, 25 forced back to unsafe countries

  May 28, 2026 · Malabo, GQ

• Nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans deported to Mexico without court hearings

  May 27, 2026

• Cuban man deported to Mexico after ICE check-in, left without documentation or money

  May 27, 2026

• Thousands of Cubans deported to Mexico face homelessness, violence, and legal limbo

  May 27, 2026 · Villahermosa, Mexico; Tapachula, Mexico

• DHS Third Country Deportations Challenged in D.V.D. v. DHS

  May 26, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Colombian with work permit and CAT protection deported to DR Congo, separated from family

  May 22, 2026

• Gay Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador prison, released in prisoner swap months later

  May 22, 2026 · Tecoluca, El Salvador

• Nine West African migrants deported to Sierra Leone amid Trump crackdown

  May 17, 2026 · Freetown, SL

• Army sergeant's wife detained at USCIS appointment despite legal protections, released after senator's intervention

  May 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Cuban immigrant detained seven months, suffered stroke in ICE custody, released after judge's order

  May 15, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Immigrants restrained 51 hours on deportation flight across six countries during record ICE month

  May 15, 2026

• Middle Eastern man self-deports after ICE solitary confinement triggers panic attacks

  May 14, 2026

• Ramon Santoyo-Cristobal deported mid-sentence after extradition to U.S.

  May 12, 2026

• Ukrainian artist self-deports to Turkey after marijuana arrest, ICE detention, denied bond hearing

  May 10, 2026 · TX

• Honduran Man Detained at ICE Check-In, Scheduled for Third Country Removal

  May 8, 2026

• Asylum seeker held over seven months after electing self-deportation to wrong country

  May 7, 2026 · Arizona, LA

• Nicaraguan man detained by ICE challenges deportation to third country

  May 2026 · Monroe, LA

• HRW reports Trump admin deports 13,000 third-country nationals to Mexico without due process

  May 2026

• Egyptian-American deported to Equatorial Guinea, detained at hotel for three months

  Apr 28, 2026 · Equatorial Guinea

• Colombian asylum seekers deported to Congo despite legal protections, restrained during transport

  Apr 23, 2026 · Kinshasa, CD

• 25 undocumented immigrants to be deported to Paraguay under US agreement

  Apr 22, 2026

• US deports Latin American migrants to Congo under third-country agreement

  Apr 20, 2026 · Kinshasa, Congo

• Trump administration deports South American woman to Congo despite CAT protection

  Apr 18, 2026 · Louisiana, LA

• Colombian torture survivor with CAT protection deported to Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Apr 17, 2026 · Louisiana

• Ecuadorian asylum-seeker detained five months, abandoned case under third-country deportation policy

  Apr 16, 2026 · Eloy, AZ

• ICE Flight Monitor reveals 1,794 enforcement flights in March 2026

  Apr 15, 2026

• El Salvadoran with CAT protection re-detained without notice after 7 years of compliance

  Apr 14, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• 400+ San Francisco immigrants accept voluntary departure amid deportation fears

  Apr 14, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

• Colombian man deported to DR Congo despite CAT protection, later returns home

  Apr 13, 2026

• US begins deporting migrants to Costa Rica under third-country agreement

  Apr 12, 2026 · San Jose, CR

• Cuban and Yemeni men deported to Eswatini, imprisoned without charges or legal access

  Apr 10, 2026

• Four men deported to Eswatini win court order to meet lawyers after 9-month denial

  Apr 10, 2026 · Eswatini

• Bolivian torture survivor twice detained, nearly deported to Congo despite court protection

  Apr 8, 2026 · Arizona

• Eight African migrants deported to Uganda under first US third-country agreement, challenged by Ugandan legal groups

  Apr 5, 2026

• Elderly Cuban deportees abandoned in Mexico without support, thousands stranded

  Apr 4, 2026 · Tapachula, Mexico

• Cuban national re-detained after 39 years, court orders release

  Apr 2, 2026 · California City, CA

• Eritrean asylum seeker Melona deported to Panama instead of granted refuge

  Apr 1, 2026

• Belarusian political activist deported to Costa Rica after asylum request ignored at border

  Apr 2026 · South Texas

• Thousands of asylum-seekers abandon cases facing deportation to third countries

  Mar 31, 2026

• Cambodian refugee deported to Eswatini, detained five months, repatriated to Cambodia

  Mar 28, 2026

• 73-year-old Cuban man with stroke deported to Mexico, sleeps in parks

  Mar 26, 2026 · Villahermosa, MX

• ICE arrests in Florida surge to over 20,000 under Trump's second term

  Mar 11, 2026 · Florida, FL

• Belarusian asylum seeker illegally detained over a year in Iowa jail, judge orders release

  Mar 11, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Iranian man detained at airport after 14 years on supervised release wins habeas challenge

  Mar 5, 2026 · Burbank, CA

• Report documents harm to migrants after U.S. and Mexico expulsion

  Mar 5, 2026

• Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador prison over rose tattoos

  Mar 3, 2026