From Sky Harbor to Bangui: How a Turkish Man with U.S. Torture Protections Ended up Deported

How a Turkish man with US torture protections ended up deported

The Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport houses a temporary holding facility for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that houses people detained for immigration violations before they are either flown to long-term detention centers or are deported. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)Yagiz Doruk Hallac had been granted special protections by an immigration judge in New York in 2023 and tho…

From Sky Harbor to Bangui: How a Turkish man with U.S. torture protections ended up deported

The Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport houses a temporary holding facility for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that houses people detained for immigration violations before they are either flown to long-term detention centers or are deported. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)Yagiz Doruk Hallac had been granted special protections by an immigration judge in New York in 2023 and tho…