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Pedro Camacho

Judge Demands Answers on 'Unwritten' Deal Deporting 6,000 Cubans to Mexico Over The Past Year: 'Can This Be True?'

Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum, United States' Donald Trump (Credit: RODRIGO OROPEZA/Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

A federal judge is demanding explanations from the Trump administration after learning that roughly 6,000 Cuban nationals have been deported to Mexico over the past year under what officials described as a "standing" but "unwritten" agreement between the two countries.

In a nine-page order, U.S. District Judge William G. Young questioned both the legality and existence of the arrangement, citing a Department of Homeland Security filing acknowledging the practice.

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