The Trump administration has begun deporting immigrants to Eswatini, one of Africa’s smallest countries and its only absolute monarchy. The Eswatini king and his entourage are natural partners for Donald Trump in this shameful, dehumanizing project.

On July 16, the US Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for public affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, announced that a third-country deportation flight had landed in Eswatini, a small kingdom in southern Africa.

The flight contained five men, allegedly from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, who she labeled as “barbaric” and “depraved monsters.” McLaughlin posted their photos and an unverified list of convictions and sentences.

On the same day, Eswatini’s government spokesperson Thabile Mdluli reassured the public that the de

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