By Isaac Aguer
In a country like ours, we’ve long grown used to being raw materials for international headlines.
A famine here, a clash there, and a side story about a little boy dancing to a traditional tune in a torn pair of trousers in a forgotten village — just to balance the universe between misery and charm.
And recently… a new story made its way to the headlines. The deportation of several South Sudanese nationals from the United States. Nothing new about it — people return to their homelands. But as always, the story is in the details.
Some of these young men fled from the fires of war — not because they craved pizza and mayonnaise, but because villages burned, dreams dissolved, and the future in Sudan at the time was little more than a bad, heavy-handed joke.
Some of them studied. Some worked.
Some now support families in South Sudan, building homes and sponsoring the education of thousands of relatives and neighbors.
And some, unfortunately, never completed their paperwork for American citizenship because they were pulled into the violence of rap culture and street gangs — whose music, by the way, still stumbles the feet of reckless teenagers in the streets of Juba.
The “Niggers” gangs here are merely a cheap reflection of that distant world, one that seduces young men with the illusion of power, only to crush them without mercy.
But America… the land of unforgiving records, does not easily pardon. A simple traffic violation can ruin your life there.
While here, men with criminal records sit comfortably in top positions.
As expected, the human rights organizations — those sentimental marketplaces of noble feelings — objected: “We refuse to deport these individuals to South Sudan due to the deteriorating security conditions.”
We know how these organizations play their trade. They cry at conferences, collect donations, then celebrate at Boulevard Cafe.
The suffering of these people has become a thriving commodity.
Ladies and gentlemen…We’ve never pretended to be Switzerland.
But the question remains: these are our young men — what do you propose?
Should they remain suspended between heaven and earth? The answer is clear: no.
We welcome them, because they are our sons.
What we categorically reject — and will not bargain over — is South Sudan becoming a dumping ground for every foreign convict and international rapist America wants to discard.
And for the record, this is not speculation; it was reported by Al Jazeera quoting Reuters about migrants being held by the U.S. in Djibouti before being flown to Juba.
So, if America wants to deport foreign criminals to us — let it be on our terms:
- Funding for police and anti-gang units.
- Building internationally compliant prisons capable of housing high-risk offenders.
- Supporting the judiciary to prosecute transnational crimes.
- Lifting any sanctions imposed on South Sudan, with clear, binding mechanisms to support the implementation of the peace agreement, leading to real political and security stability.
- And contributing to a reintegration fund to prevent these deportees from becoming tomorrow’s conflict fuel.
Without that… America can keep its garbage.
How can a country receive hardened street criminals from America while its police still wrestle with Unknown Gunmen armed with sticks and old rifles?
How can any nation ensure safety and order with one hand tied behind its back?
In the end… We hold no hatred toward anyone.
We are neither anti-humanitarian, nor pro-chaos.
We simply want a country with dignity — a nation that cannot be blackmailed, not even by America.
A state that welcomes its sons… and refuses to become a dumping ground for other people’s waste.