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Capital & Main
Capital & Main
Kate Morrissey

Ousted by the Trump Administration, U.S. Immigrants Remain Locked up in African Kingdom

A military plane carrying five U.S. immigrants took off from Djibouti in July 2025.

Its destination was Eswatini, a small country nestled on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. Ruled by a king, Eswatini had made a deal with the Trump administration to receive up to 160 people removed from the United States in exchange for $5.1 million.

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