Here Are the Countries That Have Reached, or Are Considering, Deportation Deals With US

Several nations have started accepting third-country deportees from the United States while some others are mulling an agreement.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, accompanied by Minister of Justice and Public Security Héctor Gustavo Villatoro (R), tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s illegal immigrant deportation push has officials looking for new places to put illegal immigrants if their home nations won’t accept their citizens back.

Section 241(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act requires that Immigration and Customs Enforcement send deportees back to their nation of origin, or the country in which they boarded the transport that brought them to America.