U.S. Sends 20 Migrants to Liberia as Part of New Deal, Liberian Officials Deny Compensated

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  1. U.S. sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to nearly two dozen countries that aren't their own, advocates say, with about 10 of them in Africa.

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    MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration's broader crackdown on immigration.

    Breitbart

    Officials from the West African country of Liberia have announced an agreement with the Trump administration to accept 1,200 migrants deported from the U.S. through next year.

    Associated Press

    HARBEL, Liberia (AP) — The United States sent 20 deportees to Liberia, who arrived on Thursday as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal.

    BBC News

    Published Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 foreigners deported from the US over the next year in one of the biggest deals agreed so far by Washington as it continues its clampdown on illegal migration.

    Reuters

    Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says - Reuters Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says  Reuters

  2. Liberia's Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said at Tuesday's briefing that the country has screened the list of migrants ahead of their arrival.

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    During a briefing on Tuesday, Liberian Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said that the majority of the deportees had committed migration-related violations and offenses, and that they could seek asylum in the West African country if they wished.

  3. “Liberia has not demanded or received any compensation or promise of reward in exchange for its consent to participate in the program,”” the African government said in a statement. “Liberia will receive support to help manage the program and strengthen its migration system more broadly.”

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    Piah added that Liberia will receive support from the U.S. to manage the program and strengthen its migration system.

  4. They were being accepted "in keeping with Liberia's long-standing tradition of being a country that has provided shelter to all those seeking refuge and protection from persecution, wars and other forms of conflict," the minister added, stressing it was a humanitarian arrangement.

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    "Liberia's gesture is entirely humanitarian and in keeping with the country's longstanding traditions," he said.

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  1. 01 New York Times

    Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors.

  2. 02 NPR News

    A key issue in the agreements is that they can involve migrants with protection orders from a U.S. immigration judge not to be returned to their home countries because of concerns for their safety. The Liberian minister did not say if the deportees expected in Liberia had such protection orders.

  3. 03 Associated Press

    Immigration lawyers have said the Trump administration uses deportations to third countries as a legal loophole to indirectly force asylum-seekers back to their home countries.

  4. 04 BBC News

    Published A federal judge has decided the Trump administration can go ahead with cancelling Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which provides humanitarian protections to immigrants, for roughly 5,000 Ethiopians living in the US.

  5. 05 Breitbart

    Liberian officials say the agreement with the U.S. is “not a quid pro quo” and added that they are accepting the migrants for humanitarian reasons, Business Insider reported.

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Center U.S. sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal — PBS NewsHour
Lean Left Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children — New York Times
Center Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. — NPR News
Center Trump administration can target Ethiopians for deportation — BBC News
Center Liberia agrees to accept 1,200 foreign deportees from the US — BBC News
Center US sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal - AP News — Associated Press
Right Liberia Agrees to Take Deported Migrants from the U.S.A. — Breitbart
Center Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says - Reuters — Reuters