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Palau to Take up to 75 Illegal Immigrants From US After Call on Transfer of Third-Country Nationals

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A drone view of Palau’s national Capitol Building, in Ngerulmud, Palau, on April 11, 2025. Hollie Adams/ReutersWASHINGTON—Palau will take up to 75 illegal immigrants from the United States as the Pacific Island nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Washington on transfer of third-country nationals in return for additional U.S. aid.U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke to Palau President Surangel Whipps in a call on Tuesday about transferring third-country nationals to Palau, the two sides said in separate statements, even as Palau’s lawmakers had rejected a previous request from Washington on the matter.

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