US Puts Deportees in Limbo by Foisting Them on Its Neighbors

The hundreds of migrants from Asia and the Middle East deported to Central America by Donald Trump’s administration this week are among the first caught in a legal limbo that may take years to resolve.

The deportees from different origin-countries now being held in camps or warehouses are posing a major logistical and human rights challenge for Central American governments, which were pressured by Washington to help the US deal with its refugee problem.

“We are helping our powerful economic brother to the north, because if they put a tax on our free trade zones we’re screwed,” Costa Rica’s ...