11 Deported to Eswatini Despite Legal Protections – ICE Sued Over Free Speech Threat

11 Deported to Eswatini Despite Legal Protections – ICE Sued Over Free Speech Threat

A group of 11 people was deported from the United States to Eswatini, including at least two individuals with legal protections that should have prevented their removal, according to a U.S. immigration attorney. Meanwhile, a New Yorker is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement after agents visited his home to warn him about a critical email he sent to the agency’s director.

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The latest deportation to Eswatini is the fourth such group to arrive in the southern African kingdom. An immigration attorney confirmed that among the 11 deportees are at least two people who hold legal status that should have shielded them from removal, but those protections were ignored during the process [191798]. No further details about the individuals or their specific legal protections have been released.

In a separate case, a New York resident has filed a lawsuit against ICE after officers showed up at his home. The lawsuit says the visit happened five months after the man emailed ICE’s director to criticize the agency’s tactics. The man claims the officers’ visit was an intimidation tactic, and the lawsuit argues it violated his free speech rights [190838].

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