-The U.S. recent expulsions of 3rd country nationals to Eswatini (accepted 160), Rwanda (accepted 250), and S. Sudan have exposed hundreds of people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill treatment, and refoulement (forcing someone to return to a country where they face persecution, torture, or other serious human rights abuses.) These deals, at least some of which, include U.S. financial assistance to African governments, are part of a U.S. policy approach that violates international human rights laws and is designed to use human suffering as a deterrent to immigration. African advocacy director at Human Rights Watch said, “These agreements make African governments partners in the Trump administration’s horrifying violation of immigrants’ human rights.” (Human Rights Watch, 9/25)

-In her 19 page dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, “The Government has made it clear in word and deed that it feels itself unconstrained by law, free to deport anyone anywhere without notice or opportunity to be heard. (The Associated Press, 6/25)