Guatemala is reportedly willing to take in illegal aliens deported from other countries in a bid to help President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping deportations.
According to Thursday's report, ReutersThree sources confirmed that Guatemala is open to accepting deportation flights carrying other Central American nationals.
“I'm not ready for that yet, but I know it's coming.”
NBC News previously reported that the Trump administration is creating a list of countries that will accept illegal immigrants from other countries. The news agency claimed the list included the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, Panama and Grenada.
Last week, incoming border czar Tom Homan acknowledged that his administration already has countries ready to take in illegal immigrants if their country of origin refuses to accept deportation flights from the United States.
Homan said Venezuelan nationals who are in the United States illegally, including members of Torren de Aragua, will be deported even if the country continues to deny them repatriation flights.
“They will be arrested. They will be detained. And they will be removed,” he said. “I've been talking to some countries and they're saying that if Venezuela doesn't bring them back, other countries are willing to take them back too. So they will be deported.”
President Trump previously said Venezuela would begin accepting deportation flights.
Homan noted that during President Trump's first term, the president was able to pressure El Salvador to bring back members of the MS-13 gang.
“If negotiations and discussions take a little time, [with Venezuela]There are several other countries that will accept us from day one,” he said.
There is. dozen as well as other countries that House Republicans have currently deemed uncooperative with repatriation efforts, including China, Haiti, and Cuba.
“We need a regional response,” a Guatemalan official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
“And we want to be part of the solution,” the official said.
The official told Reuters that Guatemala was already receiving 14 deportation flights each week under the Biden administration and was reportedly preparing to increase the number after Trump takes office. .
“We're not ready for it, but we know it's coming,” another Guatemalan official told news outlets.
Reports that Guatemala will accept illegal immigrants from other countries come after news on Sunday that a Guatemalan living in the United States illegally was suspected of setting a woman on fire while riding the New York City subway. The woman died from her injuries.
The suspect, 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta Khalil, was deported from the United States in 2018 but illegally re-entered the country at an unknown date.
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