The Trump administration is looking to close deals with other nations to accept illegal immigrants whose homelands can’t or won’t take them back, border czar Tom Homan said on Friday.

Speaking to Politico’s Dasha Burns on “The Conversation,” Homan was asked about the status of eight men deported to South Sudan, a country that the State Department has warned is too dangerous for all but essential personnel due to “crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict.”

Only one of the eight men is from South Sudan; two are from Myanmar, two are from Cuba, and the other three are from Vietnam, Laos, and Mexico. All have been convicted of violent crimes, according to U.S. officials.

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