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Nika is deported to Central African Republic despite holding a U.S. court protection order against persecution

Nika, an Iranian woman who fled persecution, was deported to the Central African Republic, a country she had never visited before. Despite holding a protection order from an American judge intended to prevent her return to a country where she faced the threat of persecution, she was sent away by the administration. This shift occurred under the administration's commitment to mass deportations. The Department of Homeland Security defended the action, stating that the administration announced that those deported received due process and had final removal orders. The administration announced that third-country agreements are essential for homeland security. Nika spent months in ICE detention and lived briefly in freedom in California before her unexpected deportation. Sahar Jalili Pawelski, Nika's lawyer, is now filing a federal lawsuit to return Nika to the United States and reopen her asylum claim. Nika currently faces a3-month temporary stay in the Central African Republic, where she faces risks of crime and disease.

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