Men describe being deported by U.S. to dangerous African nation: "We cannot leave"
The Central African Republic is one of more than 30 countries the U.S. government has convinced to accept third-country deportees arrested as part of President Trump's large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration.
Two Cuban immigrants, Yasmany Moreno de Armas and Zena Gebrgzabher, found themselves deported by the U.S. government to the Central African Republic, a deeply impoverished nation plagued by conflict and instability. Neither had any knowledge of the African country prior to their deportation, living in a foreign continent where they have no documents, families, or familiarity.
The Trump administration sent over a dozen deportees to the Central African Republic, among a growing number of countries accepted for this purpose. Both men, missing their families and unable to challenge their deportation, expressed their distress in a foreign land where they did not know the language or culture. Despite being granted temporary legal protection by the U.S., both men were sent to this dangerous nation, leaving them effectively stateless and stranded.
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