No, not Rhode Island, but that was a good guess

Trump Admin Deports Barbaric Criminals to a Tiny African Country You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security deported several illegal immigrants, including convicted murderers and a child rapist to “Eswatini” a tiny land-locked nation in southern Africa.

The five highlighted individuals hail from the nations of Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen.

Now, they can enjoy the high crime rate, insular governance, and underdeveloped infrastructure of Eswatini, all of which contribute to limited contact with the outside world. 

Fun fact, per Wikipedia: The rulers of Eswatini changed its name from the former Swaziland because people kept confusing it with Switzerland. An easy mistake to make, but here are a couple of pictures to make it easier for our former residents to avoid such error in the future:

Switzerland:

And Eswatini, nee Swaziland: