U.S. deporting migrants to Central American stopovers regardless of country of origin
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump made carrying out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, a cornerstone of his 2024 campaign. |
| 0:08.4 | But there are reports he's unhappy with the pace of that effort so far. |
| 0:12.0 | William Brigham reports now on a new controversial tactic to carry out the administration's crackdown on illegal migration. |
| 0:19.5 | This plane landed in San Jose Costa Rica last week, |
| 0:23.7 | descending through a cloud of uncertainty. |
| 0:27.0 | On board were 135 people deported from the U.S. |
| 0:31.3 | on a journey back to their home countries or somewhere else. |
| 0:35.4 | None are Costa Rican citizens. |
| 0:37.5 | There are 65 children and 70 adults. |
| 0:42.2 | They are families. |
| 0:43.5 | Costa Rica is committed to voluntarily returning deportees to their country of origin in up to 30 days. |
| 0:50.1 | The group, hailing from as far away as China, Vietnam, and Ghana, were then bused to a rural |
| 0:56.6 | holding facility paid for by the U.S. |
| 1:00.1 | Costa Rica became the second Central American country after Panama to serve as a stopover |
| 1:06.2 | for unauthorized migrants being removed from the U.S. by the Trump administration. |
| 1:11.6 | Panama accepted almost 300 deportees who were initially held under armed guard in this Panama City Hotel. |
| 1:20.6 | Images of that group stuck inside, unable to leave, made headlines last week. |
| 1:26.6 | We are providing them with all the necessary medical food and comforts side, unable to leave, made headlines last week. |
| 1:28.3 | We are providing them with all the necessary medical food and comfort services, and we will |
| 1:32.9 | continue to do so until the last one has left our country, which is what was agreed with |
| 1:37.0 | the United States government. |
| 1:39.4 | More than half agreed to be returned to their home countries. |
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