Vietnamese man deported from U.S. to South Sudan repatriated after year in detention
Summary
A Vietnamese man deported from the U.S. to South Sudan under a U.S. government program was sent back to Vietnam after more than a year in detention. The man and others were sent to African countries that agreed to take deportees in exchange for U.S. payments.Key Facts
- Tuan Phan, a 44-year-old Vietnamese national, was deported to South Sudan by the Trump administration.
- Phan and seven other men were sent to Africa in May 2025, initially stopped en route by a federal judge.
- They arrived in Juba, South Sudan, in July 2025 after the Supreme Court allowed their removal.
- All eight men had criminal convictions in the U.S. but had completed their prison sentences.
- South Sudan is one of at least seven African countries that accepted deportees not originally from there under agreements with the U.S.
- More than 180 people have been sent to these countries under this third-country deportation program.
- South Sudan’s human rights record and political instability made this arrangement controversial.
- Phan was held in detention under guard in South Sudan before being returned to Vietnam.
- Details of what South Sudan received from the U.S. in exchange for accepting deportees remain unclear.
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