Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic
- The United States deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic on Saturday, including an Afghan man in his early twenties whose brothers collaborated with the U.S. military.
- The Afghan man had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fears of Taliban persecution, according to his lawyer Alma David.
- The deportation flight included 12 Afghans, 8 Iranians, and several people from Nepal and Nicaragua, according to Human Rights First.
- One of the Afghan man's brothers served in the Afghan National Army which collaborated with the U.S. military before the Taliban took power in 2021, while another brother was a U.S.-trained pilot killed by the Taliban.
- This is the second deportation flight to the Central African Republic since June under the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.
The United States deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic on Saturday, including an Afghan man in his early twenties whose brothers had collaborated with the U.S. military. According to his lawyer Alma David and advocacy groups, the Afghan man had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fears of Taliban persecution. Court documents reviewed by The Associated Press indicate that his family in Afghanistan had received threats from the Taliban because of his brothers' work supporting the U.S. military.
One of the Afghan man's brothers served in the Afghan National Army, which collaborated with the U.S. military before the Taliban took power in 2021. Another brother was a pilot trained by the United States and was subsequently killed by the Taliban. The deportation flight that landed in Bangui on Saturday carried 12 Afghans, 8 Iranians, and several people from Nepal and Nicaragua, according to Savi Arvey, director of policy, refugee and immigrant rights at Human Rights First.
This deportation represents the second flight to the Central African Republic since June as part of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. According to immigration advocates, the administration has deported thousands of people to dozens of countries that are not their own through often secret agreements, a practice they argue serves as a legal loophole to indirectly return asylum seekers to countries they fled.
特朗普政府将曾协助美军的阿富汗人的亲属遣返中非共和国
美国周六向中非共和国遣返数十人，其中包括一名20多岁的阿富汗男子，其兄弟曾与美军合作。根据其律师阿尔玛·大卫和倡导组织的说法，该阿富汗男子曾获得美国法官的保护令，禁止其被遣返阿富汗，理由是担心遭塔利班迫害。美联社查阅的法庭文件表明，他在阿富汗的家人因其兄弟支持美军的工作而遭到塔利班的威胁。
该男子的一位兄长曾在阿富汗国民军服役，该军队在塔利班于2021年掌权前与美军合作。另一位兄长是美国训练的飞行员，后来被塔利班杀害。根据人权第一组织政策、难民和移民权利主任萨维·阿维的说法，周六降落在班吉的遣返航班上载有12名阿富汗人、8名伊朗人以及来自尼泊尔和尼加拉瓜的多人。
这次遣返是特朗普政府自6月以来第二次向中非共和国的航班，是其移民执法工作的一部分。根据移民倡导者的说法，该政府通过通常是秘密的协议向数十个非本国的国家遣返了数千人，他们辩称这种做法是一个法律漏洞，用于间接将寻求庇护者遣返到他们逃离的国家。