Guatemala agrees to increase the number of US deportation flights | Migration News

About 66,000 people were deported from the United States to Guatemala in 2024. This number is expected to increase under Trump.

The Central American country of Guatemala agreed to increase the number of deportation flights from the United States, after visiting the State Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the President of Guatemala Bernardo Arevalo also said that his country will receive citizens sent from the United States.

“We have received 40 percent increase than both nations and other nations.” Said Arevalo that emerged with Rubio.

This was the first time Guatemala adopted deportation flights from the United States: This was the previous leadership of US President Joe Biden.

However, the current president put pressure on countries around the region after the seal of irregular migration and January 20.

Speaking at an anonymity, a Guatemalan official, the news agency, under the Biden, received about 14 deportations of the Central American country.

It is unclear how much it will increase under Trump.

However, Reuters noted that about 66,000 in the United States in fiscal year 2024, about 66,000 deported from the United States from 2021 to 2021 to 2021 year more than 2021.

Rubio visited Guatemala as part of his first visit as the best diplomat of the United States.

Panama, El Salvador and Costa Rica, before reaching the region in Guatemala, walking through the help of Trump to push against immigration. He is traveling to the Dominican Republic.

However, while in Guatemala, he praised the non-citizens to accept the borders of Guatemala.

Before buying the office, the Trump transition group placed where the citizens held as part of the immigration raids. Some countries such as Venezuela and Cuba, they refused to participate in US deportation flights.

In December, for example, news news, the CARBIANS, including the Bahamas, Grenada and Turks and Caicos, including Trump, said he was planned to approach the Caribbean countries and CAICOs.

But Island’s management has been rejected. “There are no sources to place such a survey of the bahamas,” he said the Prime Minister Philip Davis, the Prime Minister of Bayhama.

On Wednesday, Rubio said that the United States would offer financial support to Guatemala, so it can return citizens not citizens to their countries.

The deportation-flight agreement “Saying that the migration situation in terms of migration is very important to us, they also praised Arevalo.

“As a result, when they want to return to their homeland, it is also important to accept the desire to accept citizens, and we supported our support with our efforts.”

President Arevalo, in turn, said the issue of adopting migrants with criminal records was not discussed.

One day ago, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, presented to any prison fierce criminals Sends the US path – whether or not a migrant or a US citizen.

However, Trump leadership officials doubted the legality of this proposal.

Rubio was openly thanked the bukele, but admitted legitimate obstacles. “We have a constitution,” he said.

Nevertheless, the United States began to send undocumented immigrants to the military base on Tuesday Guantanamo Bay, CubaA pre-trial detention center criticized the site, allegedly violated human rights.

About 11 million undocumented people live in the United States in 2022, serve many vital roles in their communities.