Palau lawmakers vote to block controversial Trump deal to resettle migrants from US
by Prianka Srinivasan from World news | The Guardian on (#73708)
A plan to resettle third-country nationals from the US to the Pacific nation faces an uncertain future amid unease over the deal
A controversial Trump administration deal to relocate deportees from the US to the small Pacific nation of Palau faces an uncertain future, after the senate voted to block the deal as concern about the agreement grows.
The deal, which allows up to 75 third-country migrants facing removal from the US to live and work in Palau, was signed by president Surangel Whipps Jr in December. Palau's lower house now has to consider the deal, and the final decision rests with Whipps Jr.
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