Trump administration says migrant Abrego could be deported to Eswatini


FILE PHOTO: Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks after he has been released from the Putnam County Jail in Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S., August 22, 2025. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a plan to send Kilmar Abrego, whose arrest and fight to stay in the U.S. have become a flashpoint in its immigration crackdown, to the small African nation of Eswatini.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official said in an email to Abrego's lawyers that Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, has replaced Uganda as the country designated for his deportation.

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