The incoming Trump administration is preparing a list of countries to which it may deport migrants if their home countries refuse to accept them, according to sources.
These countries include Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Panama and Grenada.
If implemented, it could result in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of migrants being displaced in countries where they do not know anybody, do not speak the language nor have any connection to the culture. It also remains unclear that if deported to those third-party countries whether those newly arrived migrants would be legally allowed to work and remain in those countries. It is also unknown what kind of pressure – either economic or diplomatic – is being applied to force those countries to agree to accept certain migrants once President-elect Trump’s term begins on January 20, 2025.
Migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, China, and other countries that have been reluctant to accept the return of people who departed for the United States have long posed an issue for U.S. immigration authorities who are barred by Federal Court orders from indefinitely detaining them. Thus, the plan to deport some migrants to third countries where they have no connection would be a way for the new Trump administration to work around legal impediments and create what Trump has promised to be “the largest deportation operation in American history”.
Some countries, however, such as Vietnam and the Philippines, have established treaties with the United States to repatriate its citizens back once a final order of deportation has been entered by an Immigration Judge.
According to sources, Trump also wants Mexico to accept non-Mexicans who are deported from the United States. In addition to accepting migrants who may be turned back at the border, which Mexico has already been doing, the incoming Trump administration has been reportedly pressuring Mexico to accept deportation flights of non-Mexicans living in the United States. However, the sources commented that convincing Mexico to agree may not be easy and that Trump will use the threat of tariffs in an effort to force Mexico to comply.
“President Trump was given a mandate by the American people to secure the border. He will deliver” said Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman and incoming White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt.
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