Asylum Seekers Facing Deportation to Unfamiliar Countries

0:00It's April 2nd. This is Global News Today, driven by AI tracking the world in real time. Over 13,000 immigrants, legally in the US, waiting on asylum decisions just got hit with deportation orders to third countries like Honduras, Ecuador, or Uganda, places most have zero connection to. This kicked off last summer when immigration lawyers started filing motions to shut down asylum cases outright, ramping up after an October ruling. From the Justice Department's appeals board, that greenlit sending folks to any safe country per state department, say so. Immigrant communities are reeling folks, lost their work permits, summer locked up in detention, and everyone stuck in limbo, terrified of flights. To unfamiliar spots that can mean real danger or no real asylum shot. But actual deportations? Barely a hundred so far, tripped up by legal fights, skimpy international deals like Honduras capped at 10 a month and logistics with countries like Uganda saying they need plane loads, not

1:01dribbles. In mid-March, top ice officials emailed field attorneys to pump the brakes on new third country orders for asylum seekers, no explanation given. Though existing cases keep rolling, and experts warn more removals, could be coming with extra planes and deals.