The Trump administration has signed multimillion-dollar deals with foreign countries to accept non-citizen deportees. Published On 21 Apr 202621 Apr 2026The South American nation of Paraguay has announced it will receive non-citizens expelled from the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push.Paraguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday that it will receive an initial group of 25 Spanish-speaking deportees, starting on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Each case has been evaluated individually, in full respect of national sovereignty, immigration laws, and international law,” the statement reads.Paraguay is one of the latest in a growing list of countries to participate in “third-country” deportations from the US. Such third-country agreements pave the way for the US to send immigrants to countries they have no ties to.The Trump administration has approached dozens of countries to take part, despite concerns about human rights conditions in some of the proposed destinations.Costa Rica, El Salvador, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and South Sudan are among the countries that have accepted such deportations, in some cases signing multimillion-dollar deals to accept and imprison deportees.The scheme is part of an aggressive effort under Trump to restrict migration to the US.As of February, Democratic lawmakers in the US estimated that more than $40m has been awarded to foreign countries in contracts, as an incentive for accepting deportees.Robert Alter, an official at the US Embassy in Paraguay, praised the agreement in a statement, saying it was a testament to Washington’s close relationship with Paraguay. Advertisement He also sought to assuage concerns about the legality of the deportations.“These migrants do not have pending asylum applications in the United States,” the statement said. “The intention of this collaboration is to facilitate the safe and orderly return of these individuals to their countries of origin.”Advocacy groups have accused the Trump administration of using the threat of third-country deportations as an intimidation tactic.In the high-profile case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration has …
