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U.S. Deportation Flight to Eswatini Sparks Controversy

10/23/2025

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Journey Aviation, a South Florida charter company, operated a U.S. deportation flight to Eswatini on October 6, 2023, carrying ten migrants.
This flight is part of the Trump administration's strategy to increase third-country deportations, which also includes countries like South Sudan and Guatemala.
Journey Aviation has conducted over 50 deportation flights during Trump's first term, with each flight costing $280,000.
The Department of Homeland Security reported that the deported men had serious criminal convictions, while their lawyers asserted they had completed their sentences.
U.S. immigration attorney Tin Thanh Nguyen indicated that the latest deportees came from Cambodia, Chad, Cuba, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

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Journey Aviation, a South Florida charter company, operated a U.S. deportation flight to Eswatini on October 6, 2023, carrying ten migrants.
This flight is part of the Trump administration's strategy to increase third-country deportations, which also includes countries like South Sudan and Guatemala.
Journey Aviation has conducted over 50 deportation flights during Trump's first term, with each flight costing $280,000.
The Department of Homeland Security reported that the deported men had serious criminal convictions, while their lawyers asserted they had completed their sentences.
U.S. immigration attorney Tin Thanh Nguyen indicated that the latest deportees came from Cambodia, Chad, Cuba, the Philippines, and Vietnam.