Refugees receive instructions from a U.S. Navy soldier as they disembark from a U.S. Air Force aircraft after an evacuation flight from Kabul at the Rota naval base in Rota, southern Spain, on August 31, 2021.
\n\nThe Trump administration has detained dozens of Afghan immigrants in Louisiana and intends to send them back to Afghanistan. This is according to a New York Times report which cites three U.S. officials. The group includes relatives of people who helped the U.S. military and at least one gay man, and it includes people who could face discrimination or persecution under the Taliban.
\n\nOne official said more than 150 Afghans are expected to be deported, which would make this one of the largest single expulsions of Afghans. In recent days, ICE has moved them from detention centers around the country to facilities in Louisiana. Detainees and their lawyers say they have been given little information beyond the fact that they are being sent to Afghanistan.
\n\nThe administration appears to have found a way around both problems. The detainees would be sent to Pakistan, and Pakistan would oversee their expulsion across the border into Afghanistan. Officials describe the plan as a deportation to Afghanistan in…
Original source: https://www.timesnownews.com/world
