Vietnamese national Tuan Phan speaks during a news conference before departing Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, Friday, June 19, 2026
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A Vietnamese national deported to South Sudan by the Trump administration under its controversial third-country deportation program was repatriated to Vietnam on Friday after spending more than a year in detention
Vietnamese national Tuan Phan speaks during a news conference before departing Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, Friday, June 19, 2026
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A Vietnamese national deported to South Sudan by the Trump administration under its controversial third-country deportation…

Tuan Phan moved to the U.S. as a child in 1991, court documents show. In 2000, shortly after turning eighteen, he received a…

At least seven African nations have agreed to accept deportees who are not their own citizens as part of arrangements with the US.

Phan and seven other men were sent to Africa in May 2025

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