U.S. sends 20 deportees to Liberia under new deal
Excited to share the first piece of our partnership with @gillianbrockell.com. This covers a new entrant in Trump's list of third country removal sites: Liberia, where the first flight just touched down today. prospect.org/2026/08/20/l...
David Dayen33This is the 12th African nation to accept third country removals, which have hit 23,000 in Trump's second term. Many wind up living on the streets, imprisoned, or turned right around to another flight to their host country. Here's a map of African nations accepting third country nationals:
CJ2Can't begin to imagine how terrifying this is for the people being removed.
The irony isn't lost here. Liberia was created because 19th-century slave owners were terrified free Black citizens would disrupt their system, so they "volunteered" them onto ships. Now, 200 years later, the U.S. is still using the country as a dumping ground for deportees. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Blues
🦋 Betsy 1776 🦋 📎3Ugh 😩 I can’t wait until we get our country back. I’m so tired of this administration.
@debbie1562Are these deportees from Liberia? No?! wtf are we deporting people to any other country other than to their own?!
GAK [MBA/MA] 🇦🇺🇺🇸1Fact: The US is one of only 3 countries that hasn't adopted the metric system (Liberia and Myanmar are the other two). Reason #254 of why the US is a 3rd world country masquerading as a developed nation.
The U.S. has sent 20 deportees to Liberia as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal.
rslott.bsky.social9With a new administration, we need to find out who the US individuals are who have brokered these deals, and put them on trial and send them to prison.
Spyker8Did those deportees get any due process before this happened?
David M8What happens to them when they arrive, are they locked up in that Countries prison system & forgotten about. How much is the US Government paying these Governments to take the people the USA is trafficking. WTF is the World putting up with this bullshit. The USA is a mass human trafficking state.
Cranky Masshole5The cruelty, hidden from the American people, is inhumane. Trump, Miller & Homan deserve the same treatment!
sgàthachín3The slave trade is alive and well it seems.
Travelling Canuck (part owner of Canada) 🍁 🇨🇦3Does anyone see the irony in this?? FFS
Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US .| Reuters www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Lee West10One day, the history books will write about how cruel this regime really is. The Eighth Amendment protects citizens and non-citizens alike from cruel and unusual punishment. The Supreme Court are sadists who paved the way for this… www.amnestyusa.org/blog/third-c...
Lee West6And the safety issues of being shackled to their seats on long international flights or during refueling stops — this is cruelty. ICE deportation flights surge at Boeing Field, watchdog group says safety rules continually ignored: www.dailyuw.com/article/et56...
David Esdale1Trump and company have the full force of the us to apply as they like, no push back from congress. Makes me sick
The Trump administration made a deal with Liberia to send 1200 deportees to that country—regardless of where their original country is. #Blues apnews.com/article/libe...
Algorithm&Blues2Wouldn't it be nice if Liberia agreed to take these deportees and treat them with respect and dignity bcz most of them are not criminals and rapists. The ones sending them actually are!
🦋Kepi11071🦋 Never heard of Liberia for one...and for two...what we're doing is not only illegal but we're doing the deporting of innocent people to unknown situations for profit. And just for being undocumented, which is barely a misdemeanor..they're going to spend the rest of their lives in a foreign prison
Oh god I'm going back to Texas...1Why bother making deals, using US tax dollars to feed, house, and ship immigrants out? Why not go the cheaper route with a firing squad or poison. (Please note the sarcasm here. I don't really feel this way)
