The Trump administration has broadened its policy of sending asylum seekers to third countries, reaching new deportation arrangements with Honduras and, reportedly, Uganda, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by CBS News and reviewed by the BBC. Under the Honduran accord, Tegucigalpa would accept several hundred migrants from Spanish-speaking nations over a two-year period, including families with children, with the option to take additional deportees later. A separate document says Uganda agreed to admit an unspecified number of African and Asian migrants who had sought asylum at the U.S.–Mexico border, provided they have no criminal histories. Uganda’s government, however, disputed the report. A junior foreign affairs minister told Reuters that Kampala has "not reached such an agreement" and lacks the infrastructure to host U.S. deportees. The bilateral understandings form part of a wider campaign that has seen at least a dozen countries accept third-country deportees since Trump returned to office. Deportation flights resumed in July after a Supreme Court decision cleared the practice, drawing criticism from human-rights advocates who argue the policy puts migrants at risk of being sent to places where they may face harm.
Trump expande su política de deportación a terceros países con Honduras y Uganda, dice CBS https://t.co/R0gL1SEcoX
Uganda denies possible deportation deal with US https://t.co/y5CMr1S4Zt
🚨 HUGE NEWS: President Trump just struck deals with Honduras and Uganda to deport illegal aliens to their countries from the U.S. This includes illegals who are not citizens of those countries. Keep deporting. 🔥 https://t.co/gd9UiieqAd