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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Advocates say more than 500 people were sent to African countries from January 2025 to August 2026 under U.S. third-country deportation deals.
- On August 29, U.S. authorities deported 32-year-old Cuban transgender woman Daniela Fuentes to the Central African Republic, where she now resides in a government-monitored compound in Bangui.
- The United States has deported about 25,000 people to third countries, including over 500 to Africa since 2025, a policy the Supreme Court allowed to continue last month.
- Advocacy groups report that African nations accepting these deportees often criminalize LGBTQ conduct, leading to arbitrary detention and torture, which Michael Garcia Bochenek of Human Rights Watch condemned.
- Despite $85 million in U.S. funding committed to the IOM for migrant assistance, Fuentes lacks identification and cannot work, leaving her effectively stranded in the compound.
- Although Cuba authorized her return, Fuentes hopes to seek asylum elsewhere, potentially in Canada, navigating an uncertain future without employment or freedom of movement.
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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who’s been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy
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The story of Daniela Fuentes, 32-year-old Cuban trans who lived openly in Miami working as a hairdresser. It was enough a visa failed to lead her to Bangui, without documents and waiting to leave the country. Her case draws attention to the expulsions of the United States to third countries.
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