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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Why have Costa Rica and Panama agreed to take Asians deported by Trump?

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer walks as he carries the passports of migrants arriving in Costa Rica on a deportation flight from the US before being sent to their home countries, at Juan Santamaria Airport, in Alajuela, Costa Rica, February 25, 2025 [Mayela Lopez/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump‘s administration has deported thousands of undocumented immigrants since taking office last month, in a crackdown that critics argue is violating immigrants’ rights to due process.

During his first month in office, the Trump administration has deported 37,660 people, according to data from the US Department of Homeland Security, often to their country of origin, but sometimes to third countries.

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