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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 Trumps administration has resumed a policy of deporting immigrant detainees to so-called third countries, starting with the tiny African nation of Eswatini.
But Tuesdays 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 cant happen.
Eswatinis 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 wont 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

Ocelot II
(126,086 posts)without even telling them he's going to do it?
tanyev
(47,160 posts)😒
Qutzupalotl
(15,440 posts)
choie
(5,837 posts)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)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.