Africa, Eswatini and Trump
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The United States has deported five individuals from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small southern African nation governed by a king who still holds absolute power.
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is the only nation in Africa where the monarch retains full executive power
US Homeland Security Department Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the deportees were “criminal illegal aliens” convicted of crimes including child rape and murder.
As it seeks to ramp up deportations, the Trump administration has sent some migrants to far-flung places that aren't their home countries.
The US has deported five people who it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.On board the flight were five