Trump administration in talks with Rwanda to take deportees from U.S.
Watch Video Trump administration in talks with Rwanda to take deportees from U S Washington Rwanda s cabinet and the Trump administration are discussing details about a possible agreement for Kigali to accept deportees from the U S including Africans and other non-Rwandan nationals CBS News has learned Decisions on anticipated financial compensation for taking in the deportees and other details would be discussed within the next two weeks according to a Rwandan official A U S official and a Rwandan official both authenticated the operational talks about sending third-country deportees from U S soil to the east African nation During a televised Cabinet meeting event earlier this week Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he was actively searching for other countries to take in transients expelled from the U S We are working with other countries to say We want to send you certain of the most of despicable human beings ' he commented while sitting alongside President Trump Rubio added that the further away from America the better The Rwanda arrangements were first revealed by the Washington Post which also cited work by independent journalist Marisa Kabas who had uncovered the latest deportation from the U S of an Iraqi national to Rwanda A Rwandan official narrated CBS News that the Trump administration had indeed carried out that deportation but did not share additional information about the man The Rwandan official also reported CBS News that Kigali had unique past experience with handling deportees and cited a past deal with the United Kingdom The U K s deportation of asylum seekers in sparked legal and political debate for the then conservative U K administration Instantly after taking office last year British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the initiative was dead and buried The Trump administration has looked to third countries to handle America s influx of transients and attempts to deport them El Salvador has an arrangement with the Trump administration to accept deportees and to imprison various of them for a fee including at the notorious CECOT prison a move which has led to a flurry of legal action Other countries including Mexico and Panama have agreed to accept deportees who are not their own nationals The deportation talks with the State Department come at the same time that the U S is trying to broker a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo In front of the cameras Rubio also praised Mr Trump s envoy to Africa Massad Boulos who is Tiffany Trump s father-in-law and explained he d in recent months sent him to the region Boulos who has the title of senior advisor for Africa has publicly spoken of his efforts to broker billion-dollar minerals deals in the region Rubio also mentioned he in the past few days oversaw the signing of a declaration of peace between the DRC and Rwanda and stated that he hopes to broker a lasting permanent peace Source
