Immigrants to the U.S. without legal status have found themselves facing deportation to a country where they have no ties. Independence resident Alisa Ramdial Shahib is one of the latest.
Third-country deportation is the practice of sending undocumented immigrants to countries where they're not from. The Midwest Newsroom’s Steph Conquest-Ware reports the practice can affect asylum seekers as well as people with criminal records.
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