Summary
The U.S. government has sent immigrants with criminal records to prisons in Africa, although their home countries were willing to accept them back. Some of these deportees include individuals from Mexico, Vietnam, and Jamaica. Evidence suggests U.S. officials did not follow the usual legal process that involves contacting the deportees' home countries before sending them to Africa.
Key Facts
- The U.S., under the Trump administration, deported immigrants to prisons in Africa instead of their home countries.
- Officials justified this by claiming those countries wouldn't accept them, yet evidence shows otherwise.
- Deportees included people from Mexico, Vietnam, and Jamaica who had committed crimes.
- Laws typically require deportees to be sent to their country of origin or a country they have ties to.
- A Mexican deportee was sent to South Sudan, although Mexico always accepts its citizens back.
- A Jamaican deportee was sent to Eswatini without Jamaican officials being notified in advance.
- Two Vietnamese deportees were sent to Africa, apparently without notifying the Vietnamese government.
- Authorities in Eswatini and South Sudan now plan to send these men back to their countries.
