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Palau has struck a cope with the U.S. to just accept as much as 75 deportees from the U.S. in change for $7.5 million in international support.
The settlement will permit “third-country nationals” who’ve by no means been charged with a criminal offense to dwell and work within the Pacific nation, which has a inhabitants of about 18,000 folks, in response to bulletins Wednesday from President Surangel Whipps Jr.’s workplace and the U.S. Embassy in Koror.
“The US deeply appreciates Palau’s cooperation in implementing U.S. immigration legal guidelines, which stays a high precedence for the Trump administration,” the U.S. Embassy in Koror stated in an announcement. “On this regard, the US granted $7.5 million to handle the wants of related Palau public companies.”
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An aerial view of Palau Oct. 6, 2015 (iStock)
The settlement was formalized via a memorandum of understanding, with Palau citing labor shortages as a key motivation.
“Palau and the US signed a memorandum of understanding permitting as much as 75 third nation nationals, who’ve by no means been charged with a criminal offense, to dwell and work in Palau, serving to handle native labor shortages in wanted occupations,” Whipps’ workplace stated in an announcement.
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President Donald Trump arrives to talk at a marketing campaign occasion Dec.19, 2025, in Rocky Mount, N.C. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
The Trump administration may also present $6 million to assist Palau’s struggling civil service pension plan system and $2 million for brand spanking new legislation enforcement initiatives, in response to Whipps’ workplace.
Palau, a former filming location for the long-running actuality TV sequence “Survivor,” has lengthy been a recipient of U.S. assist and depends closely on international support, in response to the New York Publish.
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Castaways from the Ulong Tribe — James Willson, Ibreham Rahman, Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephanie LaGrossa — throughout the third episode of Survivor: Palau on CBS. (Monty Brinton/CBS Photograph Archive by way of Getty Photographs)
Underneath a deal brokered throughout the Biden administration, Washington dedicated $889 million in support over 20 years, in response to the State Division.
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Because the Trump administration ramps up mass deportations, many nations have agreed to take unlawful immigrants, together with Uganda, Rwanda, Eswatini, South Sudan, Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador.
Fox Information Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
