The Trump presidency is moving ahead with attempts to arrest illegal immigrants in the United States to the Eastern Hemisphere, including Libya in North Africa and possibly Ukraine in Eastern Europe.
The discounts and airlines may indicate a further development in the number of places that have agreed to accept their citizens amid the White House’s efforts to dealer agreements with countries that have previously refused to do so.
The U. S. army was expected to travel the second plane of unlawful refugees from the U. S. to Libya on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
But, Libya’s Government of National Unity was reported on Wednesday to have stated that it would not let the visitors of jailed people without its assent or information and that there had been no program to get deported immigrants from the U. S.
Russia has been at war with Ukraine since February 2022, but a new report by the Washington Post revealed that the Trump administration was reported to have pushed the country in January to accept back an unspecified number of Ukrainian citizens.
It is not clear how Ukrainian government officials in Kyiv responded to the request. The Trump administration signed an economic minerals deal with Ukraine and has pushed for an end to the war, which could be used as grounds for negotiation over deportations.
Ukrainian immigrants residing in the U. S. are also eligible to apply for protection from deportation and work documents through Oct. 19 as part of a government process known as temporary protected status. It is not clear whether the Trump administration would rescind TPS for Ukraine to be able to deport more Ukrainians.
Trump officials are said to be in talks with roughly 30 countries around the world about taking back their citizens from the U. S., according to a recent , report.
Historically, countries including Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have refused to accept their citizens.
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That refusal led to problems under the Biden administration as immigrants from those four countries topped the charts of nationalities seen at the southern border, forcing the U. S. government to release them into the country, unable to deport them.
To date, the Trump administration has said U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested and then deported 65, 000 illegal immigrants within the U. S. since Jan. 20.
