“Third Country” Deportees from U.S. Arrive in Liberia

The Trump administration has deported 20 immigrants to Liberia as part of a new third-country agreement that will see the West African nation receive up to 1,200 immigrants — with no ties to Liberia — removed from the United States. The first group arrived at the Roberts International Airport outside the capital, Monrovia, on Thursday. As part of the deal, the U.S. has reportedly agreed to extend visitor visas for Liberians from 12 to 36 months, according to The Guardian, and pledged some $124 million in assistance. Immigrants deported to Liberia will include people from Latin America and the Caribbean.

In related news, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports ICE is seeking to deport an Iranian woman to the Central African Republic, a country to which she has no ties and which the U.S. State Department has deemed too unsafe for travel. She is currently detained at the Stewart ICE jail in Georgia.