(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to arrest and deport war criminals. The latest is a female Liberian war lord and child soldier recruiter. After she moved to the U.S., she married a U.S. citizen, which did not protect her from deportation.
Another Liberian who obtained lawful permanent resident status was indicted in Philadelphia for allegedly committing war crimes during the Liberian Civil War, ICE said.
Liberian citizen Mayama Sesay, 43, was “successfully removed” to Liberia, ICE said . “Sesay, infamously known as the rebel commander ‘Black Diamond,’ played a prominent role in recruiting and leading child soldiers during Liberia’s civil wars.”
Despite this, she was granted entry into the U.S. in 2014 on a visitor’s visa. It would t