内容摘要：A person holds up a sign during a news conference and rally by immigrant justice organizations and advocates protesting ICE arrests in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

A person holds up a sign during a news conference and rally by immigrant justice organizations and advocates protesting ICE arrests in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Within days, they were detained and put on military aircraft that flewsought to accelerate deportations to more complicated destinations.

. But for those unwilling to return home — mostly out of well-founded fear — Panama sent them towithout access to lawyers in the same Darién jungle many had crossed months earlier on their way north., the Panamanian government

in the capital with 30 days to figure out where they will go next.“It feels like the whole world is crushing down on me. It’s like everything is stopping,” said Isha Len, a 29-year-old from Cameroon. “I risked everything, my life, everything, crossing the Darién Gap, just to be sent back.”

Here are the stories that some of the deportees told The Associated Press:

Isha Len, a migrant of Cameroon, poses for a photo in Panama City, Monday, March 10, 2025, after being deported from the U.S., detained for weeks in a Panamanian immigration camp, and released on a temporary humanitarian visa allowing a 30‑day stay. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Any given day, in prisons like Tacumbú, there are stretching sessions in open areas or religious ceremonies. Some inmates play soccer while others prefer bingo. Some try to earn money and shine the guards shoes for 30 cents.

There are no dining areas, so inmates eat in their cells or in hallways. On cold days, prisoners are allowed to make a fire in the patios to keep warm.Atiliano Cuyer, 64, was detained for domestic violence and says he’s been waiting for 10 months for a trial inside the Coronel Oviedo regional penitentiary.

“Justice in Paraguay doesn’t work if you don’t have money,” he adds.The Regional Penitentiary is surrounded by fields in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)