Shackled and Deported to a Country She Didn’t Know Existed

📡 Guardian · 1 min read ·
An Iranian woman was flown from the United States in shackles and left in a country in Africa she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported under secret deals the US has made with dozens of countries. No one told the 18 shackled detainees on the US immigration plane where they were going. Officers taunted them when they asked, they said. The migrants only learned their destination when a map appeared on the seat-back video screens. An in-depth investigation reveals these "show of force" deportations are costing American taxpayers millions.