Another attempt to garner sympathy for the plight of a deported illegal immigrant was undone by devastating information provided in a community note on X.

The New Yorker report documented the deportation of Jamaican national Orville Etoria to a prison facility in Eswatini, a southern African nation. It quoted Etoria as comparing his deportation to the transportation of slaves.

'If you come to our country illegally and break our laws, you could end up in CECOT, Eswatini, South Sudan, or another third country.'

"It helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains," Etoria said.

The community note provided pivotal context about the crimes committed by Etoria.

"Orville Etoria has multiple serious felonies including armed robbery and murder.

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