Uganda has agreed to receive deportees from the United States, prompting public criticism over the lack of parliamentary approval and suggestions the deal serves to ease political pressure on President Yoweri Museveni. Opposition lawmaker Ibrahim Ssemujju said Museveni would welcome cooperation with the US after facing sanctions that target government officials. Ugandan officials prefer deportees of African origin and say they do not want people with criminal records. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident and El Salvador native charged with human smuggling, is being processed for removal to Uganda, despite prior protected legal status and detention by immigration officials in Baltimore.
Ugandans have criticised an agreement with United States President Donald Trump's administration to receive deportees from the US, questioning the lack of approval from the East African country's parliament and suggesting the deal is a means to ease political pressure on President Yoweri Museveni. After facing sanctions from Washington that have targeted many government officials, including the parliamentary speaker, Museveni will be happy to transact with the US, said Ibrahim Ssemujju, a lawmaker who is a prominent opposition figure.
Abrego Garcia has become the face of Trump's hardline anti-immigration policies. He has an American wife and children, has lived in the US state of Maryland for years and has been under protected legal status since 2019 when a judge ruled he could not be deported to El Salvador because he could be harmed in his home country. He was detained on Monday by immigration officials in Baltimore.
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