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Statement from the government of Eswatini on third country removals

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Today the 40 people removed from the airplane had to sign something too... that's unusual, and 40 is a lot more than usual.

That Reuters story did get a statement from a DHS spokesperson claiming a whopping...two.

What appears to be a transport bus and a GEO Group transport van going into Alligator Alcatraz yesterday.

“third-country deportation,” like South Sudan/Ghana, are actually just extended chain refoulements, where the third country takes over returning them to their country of origin, or the conditions in the third country are so bad that they’ll be coerced into returning to their country of origin.

of Army lawyers begins Monday & 2nd group is expected to start in the spring. Roughly 100 Army Reserve lawyers are expected to participate, with 50 beginning a nearly 6 month assignment immediately after their training, according to a Sept. 3 email sent to an Army Reserve attorney

I.C.E. Transfers 18 Migrants From Guantánamo, Emptying Detention Site

The folks at Homeland Security have cleared all the migrants out of Guantanamo Bay again, moving the most recent batch back to the U.S.A.
The 8-month-old mission staffed by more than 600 troops, contractors and ICE agents has held fewer than 700 migrants. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

If some small percentage of those non-detained proceedings are secretly detained matters just awaiting the word of an ACC to make them so, I guess they have to except the entire court staff just to be safe.

Immigration Court Operational Status

Why are non-detained removal proceedings still happening in immigration courts around the country right now? EOIR's standing orders only allow enough operations to cover detained matters. I'm sure someone is on this, but I would really very much like to know.

www.justice.gov/eoir/immigra...

As a former commissary support staff member: do NOT fuck with military families' commissaries. They LOVE them and commissaries go out of their way to meet customer needs at a level grocery stores can only dream of. It took a grand total of one person requesting a item to try to get it on the shelf.

Asylum Seekers in Panic Over Trump’s Unclear $100 Fee The Trump administration's lack of clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum…

Asylum Seekers in Panic Over Trump’s Unclear $100 Fee

The Trump administration’s lack of clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum applications

nysfocus.com/2025/09/29/a...

I guess DeSantis's CA11 judge will be reinstating that injunction pending an EIS any minute now, huh?

Eight shackled men being transported to a South Sudan prison on a military jet.

NEW: I created this reference list of all known third-country removals since Trump's inauguration.

It's a lot more than you probably think, and there are likely more we don't know about.

Bookmark this, I will be updating it as more occur.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...

✈️👀 ICE Air Deportation flight to Casablanca. A first.

Immigration Courts Remain Open During the Government Shutdown The government is shut down, but the country’s immigration enforcement network continues to operate.

First story for @notus.com about the Trump admin's departure from previous shutdown procedures relating to immigration courts. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Judge’s reopening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ raises ethical concerns Advocates say Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida, should have recused herself from the ruling

“From the most ethical position, she should have recused herself.”

Advocates say Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida in other legal cases, should have recused herself from ruling to reopen the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.

I was pretty sure POTUS said put FLAG at half staff in honor of

Yeah, me neither (despite, as I mentioned, calling EOIR down here to check), which is why I feel a little perplexed that it appears everyone else is reading it that way.

While I get what the facts in the ground seem to be at the moment, "cases and appeals involving detained respondents" seems like it should be different from "cases" and "appeals involving detained respondents", no?

In Philly the word is non detained cases are also being heard today.

Not there today, but Miami too, according to reception.

A flightradar24 map showing the Qatar Airways plane heading northwest toward Tehran and descending to 21,900 feet.

Here it is descending toward Tehran. Can only imagine what the passengers were feeling. Some have been in the US for decades. Trump bombed Iran three months ago bc he said they were lying about their nuke program. But now he believes them when they say “oh yeah, we won’t hurt ‘em, hand ‘em over.”

UPDATE: the Qatar Air charter flight (QTR7312) transferring Iranians sent to Doha on an ICE Air plane (OAE3657) landed in Tehran at around 10:30 local time / 3AM EST

The 11th Circuit panel stayed the district court injunction pending its full appeal back on September 4. They resumed sending people there the following week.

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Judge’s reopening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ raises ethical concerns Advocates say Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida, should have recused herself from the ruling

Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida in other legal cases, should have recused herself from ruling on the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, advocates say.

New from @alexmar.bsky.social in @prismreports.org

This is just going to keep happening, chain refoulement by design

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.

“This place is built to break us”

I am an evangelist for public bathrooms. I have kidney disease and accessible bathrooms are a public health necessity (plus a personal necessity for me!).

US/Africa: Expulsion Deals Flout Rights The United States’ recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, and South Sudan have exposed several hundred people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and ref...

US/Africa: Expulsion Deals Flout Rights
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...