In 2024, about 66,000 people from the United States were deported to Guatemala. Under Trump, this number is expected to rise.
The country of Guatemala in Central America has agreed to increase the number of deportations it received from the United States, after a visit from Foreign Minister Marco Rubio.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Guatemali President Bernardo Arvalo also announced that his country would accept non -citizens who were sent from the United States.
“We have agreed to increase a 40 percent increase of the number of flights both of our nationality as well as the deportees of other nationalities,” said Arvalo, who jointly appeared with Rubio.
This is not the first time that Guatemala has accepted deportations from the United States: I did this under the previous administration of US President Joe Biden as well.
But Trump, the current president, has made a severe campaign to systemat uninterputed immigration to the United States, and since he took office on January 20, he pressed countries throughout the region to join his efforts.
A Guatemali official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters, during the reign of Biden, the country of Central America received about 14 deportations per day.
It is not clear how much it might increase under Trump.
But Reuters noted that nearly 66,000 Guatemalers were deported from the United States in the fiscal year 2024 more than one year during the first period of Trump, from 2017 to 2021.
He visited Rubio Guatemala as part of his first trip as the best diplomat for the United States.
He was traveling to the area to support Trump’s defense to combat immigration, passing through Panama, El Salvador and Costa Rica before reaching Guatemala. He is scheduled to travel to the Dominican Republic after that.
But while he was in Guatemala, Arifalo praised his acceptance of non -citizens within the borders of Guatemala.
Before taking office, Trump’s transitional team stumbled with the place of non -detained citizens as part of the immigration raids. Some countries, such as Venezuela and Cuba, refused to participate in US deportations.
In December, news reports appeared that Trump intends to communicate with the Caribbean countries, including the Bahamas, Grenada, Turks and Kaikos, to accept immigrants from other countries.
But the leadership of Al -Jazeera refused. “The Bahamas does not simply have the resources necessary to accommodate such a request,” said Bahama Prime Minister Philip Defis at the time.
On Wednesday, Rubio indicated that the United States will provide financial support for Guatemala so that it can return non -citizens to their countries of origin.
He also praised Arvalo, saying that the deportation deal “is very important to us in terms of the immigrant situation we face.”
Rubio said: “His willingness to accept not only citizens but who are of other nationalities because they are seeking to eventually return to their homelands are also important, and we have pledged to support us with these efforts.”
For his part, President Arvalo indicated that the issue of accepting migrants in criminal records was not discussed.
One day ago, the President of El Salvador, Nayeb Bokil, offered any of the violent criminals that the United States sends on his way – whether they were immigrants or American citizens.
However, even the Trump administration officials expressed doubts about the legitimacy of this offer.
Rubio publicly thanked the Agent for his offer, but he confessed to legal barriers. “We have a constitution,” said about the United States.
However, on Tuesday, the United States began sending illegal immigrants to its military base in the Gulf of Guantanamo, Cuba, a position of detention center criticized for alleged human rights violations.
About 11 million not documented people live in the United States as of 2022, as it serves many vital roles in their societies.