U.S. Working to Reverse an Egyptian Man's Third-Country Deportation to Africa
The judge said Soliman faced irreparable harm and gave DHS three days to report progress on his return.
- On Thursday, Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, requiring the agency to facilitate his release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and arrange his travel documentation.
- Soliman, a 31-year-old Phoenix resident, was expelled to Equatorial Guinea in April under the administration's third-country removal policy, where he has since faced beatings, detention in a decommissioned hotel, and was recently held incommunicado at a local jail.
- Fifth Amendment violations led Hinderaker to rule the deportation "unlawfully" inflicted "irreparable harm" on Soliman, rejecting the government's argument that blanket "diplomatic assurances" from Equatorial Guinea regarding detainee safety constituted sufficient due process.
- With 30 days to appeal the ruling, the Department of Homeland Security must also provide the court with a status report every three days detailing Soliman's current condition and the agency's progress in facilitating his return.
- Impacts of the third-country removal scheme extend to thousands of migrants subjected to it, with about 25,000 people sent to countries where they lack ties, as Human Rights Watch reported 536 people deported to African countries between January 2025 and August 2026.
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