An immigrant deported by the US and held in an African prison for more than a year has been released

• Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini — where he has no ties — in July 2025 in the early days of the Trump administration's secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation program.
• S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, said in a statement announcing his release that he had