GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s president said Wednesday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country will accept migrants from other countries being deported from the United States.
Under the “safe third country” agreement announced by President Bernardo Arevalo, the deportees would then be returned to their home countries at U.S. expense.
Immigration, a Trump administration priority, has been the major focus of Rubio’s first foreign trip as America’s top diplomat, a five-country tour of Central America.
In El Salvador, he announced a similar but broader agreement, which included an offer to accept American citizens jailed in the U.S. for violent crimes.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, shakes hands with Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez during a photo opportunity at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, shakes hands with Guatemalan Vice President Karin Herrera during a photo opportunity at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, is directed to the meeting table after a photo opportunity with Guatemalan Vice President Karin Herrera, right, at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
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