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- Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah said Liberia will accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States.
- The first group of 20 deportees will arrive Thursday.
- Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said most screened individuals have immigration violations.
- The United States will fund Liberia to run the program and improve migration system.
- Advocates warn the U.S. President Donald Trump’s third-country deportations ignore protection orders and send migrants to unsafe locations.
