Guatemala has been particularly proactive in preparing for a second Trump term relative to neighbors El Salvador and Honduras, meeting with Trump transition team members,
Guatemala is open to receiving citizens of other Central American nations who are deported from the United States, three sources familiar with the matter said, as the country looks to build a positive relationship with the incoming Trump administration.
His team has already reached out to the governments of several countries to test their willingness to take deportees from third countries.In 2022, more than 40 per cent of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally came from Mexico, amounting to 4.8 million of 11 million overall, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security report. That was followed by Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, which together accounted for over one-fifth of the total.
Honduras’ Deputy Foreign Minister Antonio Garcia told Reuters the country receives 10 deportation flights a week. Reuters was not able to confirm the number of deportation flights to other Central American countries.Guatemala expects a significant increase in deportations in the fall, based on the rationale that it will take time to ramp them up.
In late November, Guatemala’s security minister and migration director traveled to Washington, according to the three sources close to the matter, and met with Rubio and other key Republicans, where discussions covered drug trafficking, migration and deportations. Officials know more deportations could strain Guatemala’s economy if remittances drop and the cost of re-integrating deportees rises.
Bukele, like Trump, casts himself as a political disrupter, and has ties to many people close to Trump.
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