Article Summary

The article describes how the Trump administration has sent detained immigrants from Latin America to countries like Liberia and Equatorial Guinea—nations they have no connection to—where they are held in confinement without clarity on their future. It argues that calling this 'deportation' downplays the cruelty and randomness of the practice, with experts and advocates saying the term fails to capture the harm. The piece highlights the human cost and challenges in understanding these actions under traditional immigration labels.