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Liberia to take in up to 1,200 US deportees within a year

10 hours ago by xiao yun to c/globalnews

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Liberia has announced it will receive up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the United States – one of the largest known deals struck with African countries as part of President Donald Trump's unprecedented bid to drive out undocumented migrants.

"Liberia intends to accept up to 1,200 persons to be transferred from the United States of America within a year," the West African country's government said in a statement.

A first group of 20 deportees are due to arrive Thursday, it said, adding that they were "free to depart the country when they so desire" or apply for asylum.

The Trump administration has said it wants to send to Liberia the Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia who became a symbol of mass deportations after he was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador last year, The New York Times reported.

Married to an American, Garcia has since returned to the United States and has taken legal action to be able to remain.

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Malyca 2 points 8 hours ago

Thank fuck they aren't locking them up I guess? Bar is in hell.

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bedwyr 2 points 6 hours ago

That is what I came on here to find out, if they were being sent straight to prison for life. I just read about some African country, forget it's name, Eswantinni was it, or no some other country you never hear about in the news.

The US is paying them to keep these people in prison without charge for life, they are abused, forced to buy most of their own food with money from family sent from abroad, and all the rest.

It's hard to believe the US is ok with this. The US of the 90's for all of it's faults, wouldn't accept this.

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treadful 1 point 9 hours ago

Liberia is like the only one that makes logical sense. A country kind of founded by American deportees.

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