Anti-Immigration Panama Repatriates Illegal Immigrants to South America and U.S. Funds Flights - The Michigan Star
To stem the flow of illegal immigrants, Panama on Tuesday began repatriating illegal immigrants to South America on U.S.-funded flights. The U.S. coordinated the effort with the new anti-immigration government of Panama led by newly sworn-in President José Raúl Mulino (pictured above), ADN America reported. Mulino has positioned himself as an anti-immigration crusader and promised to close the Darién Gap natural land bridge that joins Panama and Colombia, thus linking North and South America. He “has quickly become one of the most significant figures in the region’s battle to halt...