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According to reports, Guatemala is open to receiving citizens of other Central American nations deported from the United States.
Reuters reports that Guatemala seeks to build a positive relationship with the incoming Trump administration.
“There has to be a regional response,” a Guatemalan official told Reuters.
“And we want to be part of the solution,” the official added.
BREAKING: Guatemala is reportedly open to assisting President-elect Donald Trump with deportations by accepting their own citizens and other Central Americans deported by the United States.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) December 27, 2024
Per Reuters:
The U.S. has struggled to deport nationals from places such as Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti due to strained relations. That could prove a challenge for President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to deport record numbers of immigrants living in the United States illegally.
His team has already reached out to the governments of several countries to test their willingness to take deportees from third countries.
Many U.S. neighbors, including Mexico and the Bahamas, have said they do not want to receive deportees from third countries.
In 2022, more than 40% of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally came from Mexico, amounting to 4.8 million of 11 million overall, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security report. That was followed by Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, which together accounted for over one-fifth of the total.
Guatemala open to dialogue with Trump team on accepting deported migrants https://t.co/NYoYNnC4JN
— The Straits Times (@straits_times) December 27, 2024
USA TODAY reports:
Guatemala has been particularly proactive in preparing for a second Trump term relative to neighbors El Salvador and Honduras, meeting with Trump transition team members, Sen. Marco Rubio before he was tapped for secretary of state and the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, about migration and mass deportations, border security, drug trafficking and China.
All three countries, along with a Nicaraguan government that has the most openly hostile relationship with the U.S., face a moment of reckoning, both in handling Trump’s demand they accept deportees and in a potential curtailing of remittances from immigrants in the U.S., which are a major contributor to their economies.
The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.