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Original Date Announced
January 20, 2025Section 8 of Presidential EO "Securing Our Borders" directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to take all appropriate action to facilitate additional international cooperation agreements to deter and prevent illegal entry of noncitizens into the U.S., including by entering into Safe Third Country Agreements under section 208(a)(2)(A) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(A)) or any other applicable provision of law.
Trump 2.0 [ID # 1384]
2025.01.20 - EO "Securing Our Borders"Effective Date
January 20, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)
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January 27, 2025
2025.01.27 - CBS News: Trump eyes asylum agreement with El Salvador to deport migrants there
CBS news reports the Trump administration is pursuing a "Safe Third Country" agreement with El Salvador to allow the deportation of deport non-Salvadoran migrants there and block their ability to seek asylum in the U.S. This plan would revive a previous Trump 1.0 administration agreement that was never implemented and aligns with the current administration's broader efforts to restrict immigration. The partnership with El Salvador is also tied to addressing transnational gangs like Tren de Aragua, and President Nayib Bukele’s government is seen as a key ally due to its anti-gang policies.
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February 3, 2025
2025.02.03 Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele - US Department of State
According to a State Department press release, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on February 3rd. The release notes that "multiple agreements were struck to fight the waves of illegal mass migration currently destabilizing the entire region" and that President Bukele promised to accept and incarcerate U.S. deportations of "criminal illegal migrants from any country," including members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua. El Salvadoran President also offered to incarcerate "dangerous American criminals, including U.S. citizens and legal residents."
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February 5, 2025
2025.02.05 - ABC News: Guatemala strikes deal with Rubio to accept migrants from other countries
According to reporting, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo agreed to accept migrants from other countries being removed from the U.S. Under this "Safe Third Country" agreement, the U.S. would then fund the further removal of these migrants to their home countries.
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February 13, 2025
2025.02.13 - NYT: U.S. Deports Migrants to Panama
According to the NYT, the Trump Administration removed 119 migrants to Panama on a U.S. Air Force flight. The migrants originated "from countries such as Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Uzbekistan . . . [nations to which it] is often difficult for the United States to return migrants. . . " President José Raúl Mulino of Panama stated that the migrants "were being housed in a local hotel and would be moved to a shelter in Darién." They will then be repatriated - a process that, according to Mr. Mulino, will be funded by the U.S. and managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This removal arrangement with Panama will allow "for more rapid removal of migrants whose home countries are reluctant to accept them."
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February 17, 2025
2025.02.17 - NYT: Costa Rica to Receive 200 Deported Migrants From U.S.
The New York Times reports Costa Rica announced it would receive a deportation flight this week from the United States carrying 200 migrants from Central Asia and India. Like Panama, Costa Rica says its territory will “serve as a bridge” for the migrants’ return to their countries of origin, and that the repatriation process would be “fully funded by the U.S. government, under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration.”
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March 1, 2025
2025.03.01 Reported: Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees - NYT
NYT reports that a group of lawyers filed a suit against Panama before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over the country's detention of people deported from the United States. The lawsuit's plaintiffs are 10 Iranian Christian converts and 102 migrants "detained at a camp near a jungle in Panama." The suit, which was only filed against Panama, alleges that the United States violated the plaintiffs' right to asylum on the basis of religious persecution and "that Panama has violated domestic and international laws" by detaining these individuals.
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Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CAT HumanitarianAssociated or Derivative Policies
- September 20, 2019 United States and El Salvador sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement
- November 19, 2019 Interim final rule modifies existing regulations to implement the Asylum Cooperative Agreements
- January 20, 2025 EO 14165: "Securing Our Borders"
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Commentary
2025.02.18 - NYT: As Trump ‘Exports’ Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel
NYT reports migrants deported to Panama are being held in a hotel, but will soon be sent to a camp at the edge of the Darién Gap jungle. The deported migrants include children and families, and have been "stripped of their passports and most of their cellphones" and "barred from seeing lawyers." At the hotel "at least one person tried to commit suicide" and "another broke his leg trying to escape." It is unclear how Panama plans to send these individuals back to their home countries.
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