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Costa Rica Signs Deal to Accept US Deportees From Other Countries

The Costa Rican government said it would accept up to 25 arrivals per week.
Costa Rica Signs Deal to Accept US Deportees From Other Countries
Hondurans who were deported from the United States deplane at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Dec. 4, 2024. Moises Castillo/AP Photo
Kimberly Hayek
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Costa Rica signed an initial agreement with the United States to accept U.S. deportees from other countries, the Costa Rican presidency said on March 23.

Costa ​Rica can make a final decision on whether to ​accept the migrants, ​the presidency said in a statement, ‌with ⁠as many as 25 people expected to be transferred to the ​country ​per ⁠week.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.