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Biden Ends Trump-Era “Safe Third Country” Agreement on Central American Asylum Seekers

HeadlineFeb 08, 2021

In immigration news, the Biden administration has suspended so-called safe third country agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The widely condemned Trump-era policies allowed the government to expel asylum seekers from the U.S.-Mexico border to first seek asylum in one of the Central American nations.

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