That kind of teamwork is routine.
But like you said, it was us who rescued them and gave them shelter, we just got help ushering them out of the country in a secret operation.
The US embassy initially gave the Ibrahim family shelter and arranged for them to leave, but they were stopped at the airport, and Meryam was arrested again in grounds that the travel papers she had were invalid. It was an excuse intended to insult the US. It was at this point that the Italians and the Vatican stepped in. The Sudanese would talk to almost anybody in preference to the US, but the clumsy negotiators of this administration are neither frightening nor deft. No, the Italians did winkle her out of Sudan.
I wonder how that family is going to adjust to New Hampshire winters...?