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Original Date Announced
September 3, 2025DHS published a July 29, 2025, Asylum Cooperative Agreement between the United States and Uganda, under which Uganda agrees to consider accepting deportees from the United States. The agreement stipulates that the agreement will be in line with international and domestic legal obligations. The United States will not transfer unaccompanied minors, and Uganda agrees not to return deportees to their home countries until final decisions are made regarding any pending protection requests. Both parties will develop procedures for implementation, resolve disputes diplomatically, and may amend, suspend, or terminate the agreement at any time.
Third Country Deportation Watch provides detailed updates on this agreement.
Trump 2.0 [ID #2130]
2025.09.03 DHS - Notice of Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of UgandaEffective Date
July 29, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
December 19, 20252025.12.20 Reported: Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries - New York Times
Over the past month, ICE trial attorneys began filing motions in immigration court to pretermit asylum applications and dismiss proceedings on the basis that the government intended to remove non-Ugandan respondents to Uganda on the basis of the agreement described above. According to documents obtained by the New York Times, on December 19, 2025, ICE trial attorneys were instructed that such motions only could be filed for immigrants from most other African countries. As a result, the directive ordered ICE trial attorneys to expeditiously move to withdraw any such motions they previously filed, including in the high-profile case of Chinese asylum seeker Heng Guan.
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Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CATAssociated or Derivative Policies
- November 19, 2019 Interim final rule modifies existing regulations to implement the Asylum Cooperative Agreements
- January 20, 2025 EO 14165 ยง 8 directs DOS, DOJ, and DHS to enter international cooperation agreements, including but not limited to Safe Third Country Agreements
- April 11, 2025 EOIR Acting Director issues PM 25-28 to allow rejection of certain asylum claims without hearings
- September 2, 2025 DHS Secretary ratifies interim final rule on Asylum Cooperative Agreements
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