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Eugene

(65,820 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 04:21 PM Thursday

Trump administration deported 'monsters' to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise

Source: The Independent

Trump administration deported ‘monsters’ to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise

EXCLUSIVE: DHS says the men are so ‘depraved’ they were sent to Eswatini. But the embassy was given no advanced notice of the plan

Alex Woodward
in New York
Wednesday 16 July 2025 17:48 BST

Donald Trump’s administration has resumed a policy of deporting immigrant detainees to so-called third countries, starting with the tiny African nation of Eswatini.

But Tuesday’s removals of five detained immigrants surprised diplomats who only heard about the flight from social media, The Independent has learned.

Government officials in Eswatini say they intend to send those detainees back to their countries of origin — which the Trump administration says can’t happen.

Eswatini’s government is now working with the United Nations to send the men — who originally hail from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen — back to their home countries, despite the Department of Homeland Security labelling them “depraved monsters” who are “so uniquely barbaric” that those countries won’t accept them.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-eswatini-africa-deportation-b2790280.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-deported-monsters-tiny-163859681.html

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Trump administration deported 'monsters' to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise (Original Post) Eugene Thursday OP
Did Trump think he could just dump these people on some random country Ocelot II Thursday #1
Apparently so. tanyev Thursday #3
Speaking of depraved monsters... Qutzupalotl Thursday #2
What are these countries getting choie Thursday #4
Coercion, an offer they can't refuse. Play ball or get hit with swingeing sanctions (tariffs, travel bans, etc.) Eugene Thursday #5

Ocelot II

(126,086 posts)
1. Did Trump think he could just dump these people on some random country
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 04:36 PM
Thursday

without even telling them he's going to do it?

choie

(5,837 posts)
4. What are these countries getting
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:25 PM
Thursday

for being trump and stephem miller's collaborators? And if we have to deport people (and of course, we don't have to) why can't we send them to their native countries (if it's safe).

Eugene

(65,820 posts)
5. Coercion, an offer they can't refuse. Play ball or get hit with swingeing sanctions (tariffs, travel bans, etc.)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:50 PM
Thursday

Eswatini is extremely poor. South Sudan is on the verge of collapse.

Other candidates include Somalia (a recovering failed state), Somaliland (an unrecognized state) and Libya (a war-torn country with 3 rival governments).

The endgame is to make the deportees someone else's problem, as these countries are now appealing to the United Nations for help.

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