People with CAT or withholding protection deported to third countries

Documented stories describe people granted protection from deportation under CAT or withholding of removal—in Texas, Maryland, California, and Florida—who were instead deported to third countries such as Ghana, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic, where some report detention, assault, or lack of medical care despite court orders barring their removal. First documented in June 2025, this pattern became recurring in August 2026, which was also its peak month, and now makes up a larger share of reported cases than earlier periods; most documented individuals remain deported, with a few still detained or released.

“An animal has more rights than we do; this is called human trafficking, they have us kidnapped in this country, we have no papers, we are at the mercy of whatever may happen,”