Overview

• On July 16, DHS sent five migrants to Eswatini under its expanded third-country deportation policy
• The deportees — citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen — had convictions ranging from child rape to murder that their home nations refused to accept
• A June 23 Supreme Court decision and a July 9 ICE directive now allow removals without full hearings and with minimal notice in exigent circumstances
• Details of the Eswatini agreement remain undisclosed, fueling concerns over detainee treatment in the absolute monarchy with a documented human rights record
• Human rights advocates warn the rapid removals breach due process and non-refoulement obligations as the administration seeks more third-country pacts in Africa