NYT Video Interview of Cuban National Deported from US to Eswatini

Kit Johnson

28 Aug 2026

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NY Times reporter Nicholas Casey was able to interview Roberto Mosquera, a Cuban national deported to detention in Eswatini. Here is a link to the video. It's a phenomenal resource for humanizing your class on 3rd country deportations and/or deportation on the basis of past criminal records.

There is also a longer article from Casey resulting from interviews with multiple deportees.

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