She fled genital mutilation in Togo. The U.S. deported her. ^41.2%

The Washington Post - By Tobi Raji - 5/10/2026, 9:00 AM

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The 28-year-old began to panic when she learned where the military cargo plane, newly departed from a tarmac in Louisiana, was taking her. The United States was deporting her and 13 other West Africans to Ghana, a country none of them called their own. From there, she feared, she would be sent on to neighboring Togo, the home she had... more