US executes first deportations under Liberia agreement for 1,200 non-citizens

Up to 1,200 non-Liberian nationals face deportation to Liberia, a country where they may lack citizenship or established residency.

In a departure from conventional deportation practice, the United States has begun sending non-Liberian nationals to Liberia under a new bilateral agreement — not to their countries of origin, but to a West African nation with which they share no citizenship or prior connection. The first flights have already departed, marking the operational start of an arrangement that could affect up to 1,200 people and signals a broader American effort to distribute the weight of deportation across a wider geography of willing partners. At its core, this is a story about how nations negotiate the movement

US executes first deportations under Liberia agreement for 1,200 non-citizens

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