South Sudan, Trump administration and migrants
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A lawmaker is introducing a bill named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert, that seeks to stop the expedited removal of people fleeing countries that persecute religious minorities.
Amid strict immigration crackdowns, next steps remain unclear for migrants deported from the United States and sent to Panama City.
PANAMA CITY — The United States government ... The U.S. sent 299 migrants to Panama in February as the Trump administration tried to accelerate deportations as part of a deal in which countries ...
The Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority says that Panama and Venezuela will resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when they broke off diplomatic relations
Immigration authorities refused to say what their final destinations would be, but said their home countries had refused to receive the migrants.
The Trump administration appears to have begun deporting people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order restricting removals to other countries, attorneys for the migrants said in court documents.
The United States has sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries in the first government-funded flight of what the Trump administration is calling voluntary deportations
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International ... AFP via Getty Images The administration has deported people to Panama and Costa Rica who were not ...