Laotian man freed from eSwatini jail 14 months after US third-country deportation
Laotian man freed from eSwatini jail 14 months after US third-country deportation
A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to eSwatini under Donald Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to eSwatini – where he has no ties – in July 2025, in the early days of the Trump…