(NewsNation) — The Trump administration has told Kilmar Abrego Garcia he could be deported to the small African country of Eswatini.

A top ICE official told Abrego Garcia's lawyers that the country, formerly known as Swaziland, has replaced Uganda as the country he will be deported to after he stated that he fears persecution or torture in Uganda.

Abrego Garcia has also feared being harmed if deported to at least 22 other countries, the majority of them being in Latin America. In an email to his attorneys obtained by Reuters, the official said Abrego Garcia's claims are "hard to take seriously," but added: "Nonetheless, we hereby notify you that your new country of removal is Eswatini, Africa"

Eswatini is now the fourth country the Trump administration has floated sending Abrego Garcia

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