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Examples of such countries include Cuba, Myanmar, and Laos, and both Republican and Democratic administrations have been rebuffed in the past. The Trump administration, which aims to deport millions of 'aliens' living illegally in the US, has been working to set up a network of countries that would accept people from anywhere in the world and incarcerate them in prisons and camps in their territories. The New York Times reported in June that the US has sought to enter into third-country deportation arrangements with at least 58 countries to which the worst of criminals apprehended on American soil would be sent. The NYT investigation identified seven countries that had accepted third-country deportations from the US as of June 25: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kosovo, Mexico, Panama, and Rwanda. South Sudan and Eswatini were added to the list in July. The administration has been willing to pay some of these countries to take in the deportees, The NYT report said. 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