US says it has sent third-country deportees to Southern Africa's Eswatini

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US says it has sent third-country deportees to Southern Africa's Eswatini​

By Kanishka Singh
July 15, 202511:05 PM EDTUpdated 5 hours ago





The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen after a news conference near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., as U.S. authorities accelerate removal of migrants at border with Mexico, in Del Rio

The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen after a news conference in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo
  • US says flight was carrying violent criminals
  • Step follows US Supreme Court order from June
  • DHS memo showed ICE may deport migrants to third countries with just 6 hours notice
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday a deportation flight carrying immigrants from different countries had landed in Eswatini, in a move that follows the U.S. Supreme Court lifting limits on deporting migrants to third countries.

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face. The decision handed the government a win in its aggressive pursuit of mass deportations.
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"A safe third country deportation flight to Eswatini in Southern Africa has landed — This flight took individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back," U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said late on Tuesday.
In a thread on social media platform X, McLaughlin named five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen and said they were convicted of crimes ranging from child rape to murder.
Earlier this month, a top Trump administration official said in a memo that U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours' notice..."
 
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