Cuban and Afghan immigrants deported from US under Trump arrive in Guyana

The Trump administration has sought to expand third-country deportations, with more than 30 deals struck so far with foreign governments.Published On 5 Sep 20265 Sep 2026Guyana says that it has received six people deported from the United States, as the administration of President Donald Trump steps up so-called third-country deportations.Guyana’s Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud announced that a group of Cuban and Afghan nationals had arrived in the South American nation on Saturday, after being deported due to immigration issues.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Not a small issue’: People deported by US to Liberia face uncertain futurelist 2 of 3Relative of Afghans who aided US military deported to Africalist 3 of 3ICE agent charged with lying under oath about Minnesota shootingend of list“The US has not made any further requests” for non-citizen deportations to be sent to Guyana at this time, Persaud told The Associated Press news agency.None had criminal backgrounds, according to Persaud. The removals are part of an ongoing campaign under Trump, who promised during his 2024 re-election bid to engineer the “largest deportation programme of criminals in the history o...