Posted on 07/16/2025 6:52:55 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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 largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
The U.S. has already 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. The South Sudanese government has declined to say where those men are after they arrived nearly two weeks ago.
In a late-night post on X, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the men sent to Eswatini, who are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, had arrived on a plane, but didn't say when or where.
She said they were all convicted criminals and “individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back.”
The men “have been terrorizing American communities" but were now "off of American soil,” McLaughlin added.
McLaughlin said they had been convicted of crimes including murder and child rape and one was a "confirmed" gang member.
Like in South Sudan, there was no immediate comment from Eswatini authorities over any deal to accept third-country deportees or what would happen to them in that country. Civic groups there raised concerns over the secrecy from a government long accused of clamping down on human rights.
“There has been a notable lack of official communication from the Eswatini government regarding any agreement or understanding with the U.S. to accept these deportees,” Ingiphile Dlamini, a spokesperson for the pro-democracy group SWALIMO, said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. “This opacity makes it difficult for civic society to understand the implications."
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Life under President Trump just keeps getting better and better. :)
Shhhhhhhh! It’s a secret.
Southern Africa is nice this time of year Ive heard.
They could have had Alligator Alcatraz, but they chose Lions, Rhinos and dysentery instead 😂
Didn’t realize Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini.
Lesotho is still the same.
“Life under President Trump just keeps getting better and better. :)”
Agreed!
HOORAY President Trump and the administration!
It’s mid winter in South Africa right now
Reportedly the most pleasant time of year
Eventually it will take over some of the surrounding territory and become Eswanotsotini.
who are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos,
......
Getting them the hell out of the country could turn into a game show for public consumption.
If no public hangings, maybe public revealings.
Spin the wheel to see where your butt is being sent to.
Espresso, Johnny Walker, and vermouth. Not bad.
Crap. This is going to give all the RAT politicians an excuse to get a taxpayer sponsored trip to Afrika so they can spend the night drinking Margaritas with illegal alien criminals while writing down their SOB stories.
It’s landlocked, so nobody can wear their itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini on the beach in Eswatini.
Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation“
Yeah it’s so secretive the little rats at AP know about it.
I really like this idea of sending criminals to prisons where no one speaks their language.
I would leave the prisoners naked to make sure no weapons are on them.
This would be quite a sight to see at lunch or physical activity time.
I would also feed them the same cheap meal every day of their lives—with a vitamin pill to make up the difference.
There are some great game parks in Eswatini. The deportees might enjoy spending time with the wildlife.
I would have brought them to their home countries. Take um or we turn um loose on the tarmac. Your choice.
Only five? Only eight?
Keep them in the US if the judges keep playing....
How about an anchored barge 180 miles off of LA? With fishing poles.
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