Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time.

Eswatini, a small African kingdom, has reversed its decision to accept five migrants deported by the United States. Initially agreeing to President Trump's conditions, Eswatini will now facilitate the return of migrants to their home countries,

The administration has made the practice of third country deportations central to its sweeping immigration policy.

The United States says it has sent five immigrants to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.

Five deported immigrants from the US have been imprisoned in Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country plan. Despite US claims of criminal backgrounds, Eswatini aims to repatriate them.

Polls show only 41% of Americans approve of President Trump's immigration crackdown. Also, African nation Eswatini says it will repatriate migrants deported by the U.S. New York Times DHS and Immigration Reporter Hamed Aleaziz joins Katy Tur to share more details.

Eswatini's government said on Wednesday that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the United States in isolated prison units under a deal with President Donald Trump's administration,