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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Justo Robles

Costa Rica strikes deal to accept third country deportees from US

a man and a woman walk on a red carpet while surrounded by people
Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves, center, welcomes Kristi Noem, the then US homeland security secretary, in San José on 25 June 2025. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Pool via AP

The Costa Rican government has agreed to receive up to 25 deported migrants a week from the United States, the latest deal in the Trump administration’s unprecedented efforts to deport scores of people to “third countries”.

With the new agreement, Costa Rica seeks a closer alliance with Donald Trump’s government, which has been securing cooperation from other Central American countries in accepting deportees from other nations who have been detained by US immigration agents.

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