Eswatini, Africa and migrant deportees
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Polls show only 41% of Americans approve of President Trump's immigration crackdown. Also, African nation Eswatini says it will repatriate migrants deported by the U.S. New York Times DHS and Immigration Reporter Hamed Aleaziz joins Katy Tur to share more details.
A repatriation flight organized by the United States has transported a number of foreign nationals to Eswatini, according to an official declaration
"The third countries that have received or been about to receive third-country deportees so far—El Salvador, Libya, South Sudan, now Eswatini—are marked by serious pre-existing human rights violations. This is a recipe for prolonged arbitrary detention or worse."
Eswatini says it will repatriate five migrants deported by the US, rejecting claims that their home countries refused to accept them.