U.S. Deportees Stranded in Central African Republic

Yasmany Moreno de Armas, a 31-year-old Cuban immigrant, was deported to the Central African Republic by the Trump administration without prior notice. He arrived in late July and now lives in Bangui, the capital, alongside other deportees from various countries.

Moreno de Armas stated he had never heard of the Central African Republic before his deportation and expressed feelings of suffering and missing his family. Similarly, 39-year-old Eritrean Zena Gebrgzabher, who worked as a truck driver in Maryland, is also stranded in the Central African Republic after being deported.

He misses his American citizen wife and five-year-old son. Both men reported no significant criminal records beyond immigration violations.

The U.S. government has utilized third-country deportation agreements to send immigrants to nations like the Central African Republic, which is known for its poverty and insecurity, as part of a broader crackdown on illegal immigration.