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“The Point Is to Scare People”: Human Rights Watch Says U.S. Has Sent More Than 500 People to African Countries That Are Not Their Own

Human Rights Watch says the U.S. sent more than 500 people to African countries that are not their own, including Eswatini, Ghana and South Sudan, where some were detained and some sent on to danger. A U.S. official called the aim "to scare people."