How a tiny African absolute monarchy can play a ‘vital role’ in US national security: expert
As the Trump administration has carried out its crackdown on illegal immigration, Americans have begun to see little-known countries like the African absolute monarchy of Eswatini in headlines increasingly often....
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As the Trump administration has carried out its crackdown on illegal immigration , Americans have begun to see little-known countries like the African absolute monarchy of Eswatini in headlines increasingly often. Though obscure, these tiny countries, including Eswatini, can play a "vital role" in U.S. national security, according to a border and immigration expert. With over 515,000 total deportations since inauguration day and 600,000 expected by the end of President Donald Trump ’s first year back in office, the administration is on track to blow past the record number of deportations in a single year. Even with these large numbers, the administration has been hit with court rulings that have slowed down its deportations. In many instances, such as in the case of alleged MS-13 gang member and Salvadoran illegal Kilmar Abrego Garcia , illegal immigrants can further delay their deportation by arguing that returning to their home country poses a risk to their safety or well-being. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Simon Hankinson, a border and immigration senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, explained that this is where third-party countries come into play. TRUMP ADMIN STRIKES NEW DEPORTATION DEAL WITH RWANDA TO GET ILLEGAL ALIENS OFF AMERICAN SOIL He said the ability to still deport illegal aliens who claim risk of injury or torture in their home country denies them an effective "veto" on deportation. Hankinson said that while U.S. immigration law allows for these third-party deportee countries, some countries in Europe cannot do the same, with disastrous results. "With a good lawyer and a lot of BS, even the worst of the worst are able to remain in European countries where some of them kill people, rape people, do horrible things," he explained. "So, the United States does not want to be in that position." "Our law allows us, if we can't send someone back to their home country, we can send them back to a country in which they resided for some t…