Vietnamese sent to South Sudan under Trump’s third-country deportation scheme goes home
A Vietnamese national, Tuan Phan Vuong, who was deported to South Sudan under a controversial third-country deportation program initiated by Donald Trump's administration, has been repatriated to Vietnam. Vuong spent over a year in detention in South Sudan after being sent there with seven other men in May 2025. Their deportation was initially blocked by a federal judge but later allowed by the Supreme Court, leading to their arrival in Juba, South Sudan. AI
