Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorneys on Sept. 5 that the agency has set Eswatini as the new deportation country for the El Salvadoran, replacing the previously planned Uganda.
The agency had previously informed the Salvadoran that he would be deported to Uganda, which he refused, citing fears of being persecuted or tortured in the African nation.
ICE has now designated Eswatini, a tiny African nation bordering South Africa and Mozambique, as Garcia’s new country of removal, according to an email shared on X by the Department of Homeland Security.
The email states that Abrego Garcia’s claims of persecution in Uganda are “hard to take seriously,” noting that he has made similar claims for “at least 22 different countries,” including Mexico and Costa Rica….