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US Deports Migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and Other Countries to the Small African Kingdom of Eswatini

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The United States sent five migrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    U.S. deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the small African kingdom of Eswatini (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African country, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties.

  2. Military.com

    US Deports Migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and Other Countries to the Small African Kingdom of Eswatini (opens Military.com)

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    The United States sent five migrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

  3. News Nation Now

    US sends deportees to Eswatini in third-country deportation: DHS (opens News Nation Now)

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    Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the men, who are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, arrived on a plane.

  4. MyNorthwest

    The US sends third-country deportees to the small African kingdom of Eswatini (opens MyNorthwest)

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    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's

  5. MyNorthwest

    What to know about the African kingdom of Eswatini where the US sent 5 deportees (opens MyNorthwest)

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    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in

  6. CBS News

    Trump administration sends deportees convicted of violent crimes to small African country of Eswatini (opens CBS News)

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    As it seeks to ramp up deportations, the Trump administration has sent some migrants to far-flung places that aren't their home countries.

  7. NBC News

    Trump administration restarts third country deportations with flight to Eswatini (opens NBC News)

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    Five immigrant detainees from Vietnam, Laos, Jamaica, Cuba and Yemen have been sent to the small nation of Eswatini in Southern Africa.

  8. The Columbian

    U.S. deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini (opens The Columbian)

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    CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secre

  9. The Guardian

    US sends migrants to Eswatini after ban lifted on third-country deportations (opens The Guardian)

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    Announcement that people from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen were deported comes after eight others were sent to South Sudan this month

  10. KOB 4

    US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini (opens KOB 4)

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    The United States says it has sent five immigrants to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program. The U.S. already has deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on s…

  11. The Hill

    Trump administration expands third-country deportation program, sending 5 men to tiny Eswatini (opens The Hill)

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    The Trump administration has expanded its program of third-country removals, sending five men from various countries to the small African nation of Eswatini.

  12. Wfmy News 2

    Five men deported from the US to a new country, the small African nation of Eswatini (opens Wfmy News 2)

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    The men sent to Eswatini are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, according to the White House.

  13. Al Jazeera

    US deports immigrants to African country of Eswatini amid rights concerns (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries will not accept them.

  14. Anchorage Daily News

    US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to small African kingdom of Eswatini (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The U.S. already has deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties.

  15. WHDH Boston

    US sends third-country deportees under secrecy to the small African kingdom of Eswatini - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States sent five men it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion

  16. WSVN Miami

    US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the small African kingdom of Eswatini - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States sent five migrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of

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