YAKIMA, WA - FEBRUARY 18: Agents working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prepare to board detainees onto a Swift Air charter flight at McCormick Air Center on February 18, 2020 in Yakima, Washington. The U.S. Justice Department is suing King County after it banned ICE from operating charter flights for detainee transport at King County International Airport, forcing the agency to bus detainees to Yakima for flights there. (Credit: Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
Liberia will receive as many as 1,200 people deported from the United States over the coming year — including nationals from Latin America and the Caribbean who have no personal ties to the West African country — with the first 20 arrivals expected in Monrovia on Thursday. Liberian officials confirmed the arrangement this week, describing it as one of the largest third-country removal deals disclosed anywhere under the Trump administration's deportation push.
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