U.S. and Argentina in advanced talks to allow U.S. deportations to Argentina

The United States and Argentina are in advanced talks to sign an agreement that would allow the U.S. to deport immigrants from other countries to Argentina, according to two people familiar with the negotiations and U.S. government records obtained by The New York Times. The talks come as the Trump administration has mobilized a sweeping deportation effort and increasingly relied on so‑called third‑country deportation deals, used both as a deterrence message and to move nationals from countries that are hard to deport.

The administration has sent migrants from other nations to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Eswatini and Panama; those deportations have faced legal scrutiny but courts have allowed them to continue, the report says. U.S. government records show Argentina’s acting vice minister for foreign affairs, Juan Navarro, filed a proposal earlier this month to finalize a third‑country deal, and that Argentina’s foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, had made a commitment to U.S.

authorities. Under the proposed agreement, Argentina would accept individuals detained near the border shortly after entering the U.S. illegally, one Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the discussions said, with the idea that from Argentina they would potentially be offered flights to return to their home countries.

The talks also come as President Javier Milei’s government has escalated anti‑immigrant rhetoric and enforcement at home. Mr.

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