Jamaica is in talks with the United States to accept U.S. deportees from third countries, joining a growing number of nations prepared to work with President Donald Trump in his bid to drive down illegal immigration.
The Caribbean country has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accept up to 25 non-Jamaican deportees every two weeks, the island’s national security minister, Horace Chang, said on Tuesday.
If the agreement is finalized, Jamaica will join countries including Mexico, El Salvador, and Uganda, which have agreed to accept third-country immigrants with no right to remain so they can be deported from the United States before being repatriated….