Dear Deportation Czar Tom Homan, after you deported eight men (reportedly two each from Cuba and Mexico, with the others from Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and apparently one from South Sudan) to Juba, you were widely quoted as saying: “They’re free, they’re no longer in our custody, they’re in Sudan. Will they stay in Sudan? I don’t know.” Here’s a tip for you: Sudan and South Sudan are separate countries. Juba is the capital of South Sudan. South Sudan became independent on July 9, 2011, after its 11 million people voted overwhelmingly to secede from Sudan. South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war and the Trump administration advises U.S. citizens not to visit, owing to conflict and crime. But then again, that’s why you sent people there. The idea seems to be to exercise maximum cruelty, even if it is coupled with minimum knowledge.
Judith Kumin
Hopkinton