President Donald Trump’s administration has expanded its mass deportation policy to include sending thousands of immigrants without legal status from the U.S. to countries that are not their homelands.

An Iranian woman in Georgia immigrant detention could soon join their ranks.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement document shared with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows the woman could be deported to the Central African Republic — a country unknown to her that U.S. authorities deem unsafe for travel.

Called third-country deportations, the policy broke into the national consciousness in the spring of 2025, when the administration deported more than 100 Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador, where a maximum-security mega-prison awaited them.

ICE did not respond to questions from the AJC about why the Central African Republic was picked as a destination for the Iranian woman, or when a possible deportation could take place.

The Central African Republic is one of the countries that the U.S. warned citizens to avoid in a January travel advisory, which says “violent crime is common,” including “homicide, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated battery and larceny.” It also warned of unmarked unexploded landmines and terrorist groups.

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🖋️ : Lautaro Grinspan / AJC
📸 : Jason Getz, Miguel Martinez / AJC | David Goldman / AP Photo