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U.S. and Guatemala Enter into Agreement Designating Guatemala as a “Safe Third Country”
Text of an agreement between the United States and Guatemala to transfer refugees seeking protection from the United States to Guatemala. President Trump says that the agreement has been signed.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19073008.
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