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Costa Rica could hold US deportees for up to 6 weeks
Costa Rica will accept the deportees at U.S. expense, Chaves said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves during a joint news conference at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 4, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo / Reuters
Migrants deported from the U.S. could be held in Costa Rica for up to six weeks before being sent to their home countries, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said on Feb. 19.
Costa Rica has agreed to receive 200 migrants from countries such as Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and India, starting on Feb. 20, Chaves said in a press conference.
"We're helping our powerful economic brother in the north because if (the U.S.) imposes a tax on our export zones, we're screwed," Chaves said.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on a number of countries in the region since taking office in January, demanding collaboration on issues such as migration and drug trafficking to avoid them.
Costa Rica will accept the deportees at U.S. expense, Chaves said. The deportees will stay at a migrant shelter, unable to leave, before being flown to their respective countries.
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