Afghans scheduled for deportation may include relatives of those who worked alongside US forces

With the help of an interpreter, a U.S. soldier asks locals about possible hidden weapons in the many caves surrounding their village, July 29, 2002, in Qiqay, Afghanistan. (Wally Santana/Pool/Getty Images)

Dozens of Afghan immigrants, possibly including relatives of Afghans who worked alongside the U.S. military, are expected to be deported this week, according to lawyers, advocacy groups, and families of those detained.

A court filing for one Afghan immigrant reviewed by ABC News shows that the destination of a deportation flight expected to take place this week is Pakistan, with further transport to Afghanistan.

Advocates and families previously told ABC News that, as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, hundreds of Afghan immigrants are currently being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Louisiana, from where many international deportation flights depart.

Charlotte Moyal told ABC News that her husband, who has been in immigration detention for more than a year, was recently transferred from a facility in Pennsylvania to one in Louisiana. Moyal said her husband was notified he could be deported from the U.S. as early as next week.

Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of AfghanEvac, a nonprofit group that supports Afghans who were evacuated from their home country as part of the United States’ military withdrawal, previously told ABC News that families of those detained are “terrified.”

If removed to Afghanistan, some of the families fear those removed will face torture or persecution from the Taliban.

“Anybody from Afghanistan is in danger if they get sent back,” VanDiver said.

A State Department spokesman told ABC News earlier this week that the department reaffirmed its position that “all countries must be able to manage their borders and immigration processes in a manner that ensures the safety, security, and prosperity of their citizens.”

In a statement, Taliban officials said they have “deep concern over reports indicating that the United States intends to transfer a number of Afghan refugees to Pakistan,” and that they are “ready to engage constructively in this matter.”

“When even the Taliban say they have ‘serious concern’ about your deportation plan, it is time to stop and ask what you are doing,” VanDiver said in response to the statement. “Pakistan and the Taliban are at each other’s throats, the border between them is nearly shut, and this administration wants to drop the families of America’s allies in the middle of it.”

“That is not immigration enforcement. It is abandonment with a boarding pass,” VanDiver said. “These families stood with our troops. Stop the flight.”

A senior official at the Afghan Refugees Commissionerate told ABC News that because Afghanistan does not have a formal agreement with the U.S., Pakistan handles the transit process for Afghan detainees.

The official said that Afghan immigrant detainees transferred to Pakistan are transported to the Afghan border in bulletproof buses.

“Afghans who stood with American troops, and their families, are being quietly loaded onto a plane to Pakistan, where they will very likely be pushed to the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan,” Democratic Rep. Scott Peters, a longtime supporter of Afghan refugees, said in a statement. “If this administration has its way, we would be throwing our vulnerable allies into the jaws of mortal danger. This is absolute cruelty and it is not who we are. This decision needs to be reversed.”

ABC News’ Luke Barr, Aleem Agha and Habibullah Khan contributed to this report.