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One of Five: A Laotian Man Deported to Eswatini

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Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini in July 2025, in the early days of the Trump administration's third-country deportation program. The PBS NewsHour describes that program as secretive and highly contentious. Eswatini is a country where, the reporting notes, he has no ties.

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PBS NewsHour ↗Laotian man deported by U.S. to Eswatini is released after more than a year in prison