A group of west Africans deported from the United States have sued the government of Ghana, alleging they were sent to the country despite having deportation protection orders from US immigration authorities.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a Ghanaian court on behalf of 11 deportees from Nigeria, Togo, Gambia, Liberia and Mali, said they have been held without charge since their arrival and without proper access to legal representation.

Ghanaian President John Mahama revealed last week his government had struck a deal with the United States to accept deportees from west Africa as the administration of Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants.

Trump has overseen an unprecedented expansion of the practice of deporting people to countries other than their nation of origin — notably by sendin

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