A group of lawyers accused Panama of violating the rights of people deported from the United States under the Trump administration’s policy of sending migrants to cooperative Latin American nations.

Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.

Trump’s tariff threats and political pressures are believed to be reasons third countries agreed to receive deportees.

Panama’s President said his government is exploring “novel ideas” on handling First Quantum Minerals Ltd.’s giant copper mine while reiterating that the firm must drop its arbitration cases against the country.

Construction on the project, which includes a dam, is slated to begin in 2027 and take four years to complete.

The primates of Panama have more access to life-saving resources thanks to support from a Boulder County local.

Both countries have received hundreds of deportees from various nations sent by the United States as President Trump’s administration tries to accelerate deportations.