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The Bahamas has “firmly rejected” President-election Donald Trump’s proposal to fly deported immigrants out of the U.S. and into the small island nation about 100 miles southeast of Florida.Prime Minister Philip Davis said the issue was presented to the government “but was reviewed and firmly rejected,” according to the statement released Thursday.
“The Bahamas simply does not have the resources to accommodate such a request,” the statement said. “Since the Prime Minister’s rejection of this proposal, there has been no further engagement or discussions with the Trump transition team or any other entity regarding this matter.”
Sending migrants back to their home countries, which is called repatriation, remains one of the most contentious aspects of Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. unlawfully. Other countries might refuse to reject the return of their citizens, which could complicate Trump’s plan in diplomatic and legal channels.
Another option Trump’s transition team has discussed would deport migrants to places other than their home countries, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The possible destinations could include Panama, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and Grenada, according to one of the sources, who confirmed an NBC News report. In late October, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Mexico could be another option.
Panama’s government denied having received any sort of “official communication” so far, but said in a statement that it was not obligated to take third-country deportees.
The deportations are central part of Trump’s hardline immigration policy to tighten the border and remove immigrants who arrived through non-authorized channels. Trump proposed 25% tariffs on goods arriving from Mexico, to pressure that country into cooperating with border enforcement.
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with Trump in November after he threatened the tariffs. Trump said on social media that Sheinbaum “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States.” Sheinbaum said they discussed measures that “attended to” migrants to stop them from reaching the border.”Mexico’s stance is not to close borders, but to build bridges between governments and their peoples,” Sheinbaum said on social media.
Sheinbaum told a news conference she is looking to strike a deal with Trump.
“We hope to reach an agreement with the Trump administration so that, in case these deportations happen, they send people from other countries directly to their countries of origin,” she said.
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