ICE deports Afghans and others to Africa, expanding "third country" deportations - CBS News

Over a 10-day period, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people from countries including Afghanistan, Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Nepal, Turkey and Venezuela to eight African nations, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by CBS News.
Three ICE deportation flights delivered detainees to Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, with none of the deportees being nationals of the countries where they were sent.
The flights mark an expansion of the administration's "third country" deportation campaign, in which deportees are sent to distant nations where they have no ties.
More than 30 countries worldwide have agreed to accept such deportations, including Costa Rica, Panama and Paraguay, but a growing number of African nations—some experiencing armed conflict, political turmoil and human rights abuses—have signed deals.
The agreements remain largely secret, with some countries like Ghana and Sierra Leone reportedly accepting only deportees from elsewhere in Africa, while Eswatini, the Central African Republic and Liberia have received people from Latin America, Europe and Asia.
While some deportees sent to Eswatini and South Sudan had criminal records for violent or serious offenses and were imprisoned there, many others sent elsewhere had no criminal history beyond entering the U.S. illegally or lacking proper documentation.