Report: US Reaches Deportation Deals With Honduras, Uganda

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Above: Deported migrants arrive in Honduras from the U.S. on Jan. 31, 2025. Image copyright: Emilio Flores/Anadolu/Getty Images

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The Spin

Republican narrative

Deportation agreements, such as the one signed with Paraguay, are essential for national security and border control. These deals help manage illegal immigration by allowing migrants to pursue their asylum claims in third countries and not in the U.S. itself. This strategic approach deters future illegal crossings while building stronger partnerships with other nations.

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Democratic narrative

The Trump administration's third-country deportations are a deliberately cruel policy designed to inflict as much misery on migrants as possible. The U.S. government is not only deporting people to countries with which they share no heritage or language, but also deliberately sending them to some of the world's worst human rights abusers, in violation of international law.

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