Thursday, July 17, 2025

Outrage Over Arrival of Foreign US Deportees in Tiny African Nation

Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States ...

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The Trump administration sent five migrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to a small African nation, resuming the practice of so-called third-country deportations after the Supreme Court cleared the practice earlier this month.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Jul 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM

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"Roughly the size of New Jersey, Eswatini " formerly known as Swaziland " is governed by a monarch who has absolute power.

On Wednesday, officials said that five deportees from the US were now being held in isolated units in its jails, acknowledging "widespread concern" but insisting the deported men "pose no threat to the country or its citizens."

"The US is mounting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans to be deported from the US, some straight out of prison," Nigeria's foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, said in a televised interview last week, citing Washington's announcement of increased tariffs and recent reductions in the validity of visas."

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MASA! Make America Swaziland Again!

Rwing Authoritarians gots to stick together..

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-17 02:34 PM

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