The Government of Antigua and Barbuda will introduce in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 14 July 2026, a Resolution setting out the principles that will govern any arrangement for the possible transfer to Antigua and Barbuda of third-country nationals removed from the United States of America.
The Resolution is intended to ensure that any conclusive engagement on this matter is conducted within a clear framework established in the national interest, with full regard to Antigua and Barbuda’s sovereignty, laws, security, absorptive capacity, administrative capability, and financial responsibilities.
In a step that reflects the Government’s commitment to openness and accountability, Antigua and Barbuda will become the first country to disclose in full both the terms proposed by the United States and the response of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.
These documents make clear that no binding agreement exists and that no arrangement has been concluded, since no final agreement has been signed.
Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Gaston Browne said: “This Government believes that matters of such legal, humanitarian, financial and security importance must be handled openly and with respect for Parliament.
By bringing the full proposal from the United States, and our response, before the House of Representatives, Antigua and Barbuda is demonstrating transparency and accountability, while maintaining our longstanding friendship and cooperation with the Government and people of the United States”.
The Government will also be the only administration, whether in the United States, the Caribbean, or elsewhere, to place this matter before its House of Representatives and Senate in a spirit of full transparency and democratic scrutiny.
The Resolution seeks to establish the principles and safeguards within which the Government may continue discussions, while preserving Antigua and Barbuda’s complete sovereign discretion to accept or refuse any proposed individual on a case-by-case basis.
Among the central principles set out in the Resolution are that Antigua and Barbuda will not accept any standing, automatic, or open-ended programme; that no predetermined number of persons may be transferred without the prior approval of the Government in each individual case, including on their criminal records, and that no transfer may occur unless all necessary legal, operational, financial, and administrative arrangements have first been agreed in writing.
The Resolution further makes clear that Antigua and Barbuda will require satisfactory arrangements concerning identity, documentation, accommodation, support, legal status, funding, security, and onward or return responsibility before any proposal can be considered.
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda values its longstanding friendship and cooperation with the Government and people of the United States. At the same time, it has a constitutional responsibility to protect the interests of the people of Antigua and Barbuda and to ensure that no external proposal places an undue burden on the country’s institutions, resources, or social stability.
By placing the full matter before Parliament and the public, the Government is ensuring that national policy on an issue of considerable legal, humanitarian, financial, and security importance is approached with candour, responsibility, and respect for democratic oversight.
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Ah who the hell write this?
Maurice ‘Long Tongue’ 👅 Merchant?
What ah CONVOLUTED way by this government of telling the country: “We may have a plan…?”
I had to read the headline 3-4 times and the news item twice to try and comprehend it. Oh well, as long as the ABLP tells the Trump administration to “go forth and multiply”, and deal with your own internal deportees and refugees problems.
Is there a translator in the house? 🤣
WHERE is the MoU the prime minister claimed he circulated last year?
And, clearly, ANR, you haven’t read the Resolution yourself. Check the last clause: Accepting the US proposal and its operating procedures for implementing the (still unseen) MoU is very much part of the vote.
The constitutional responsibility is to kindly say no to the US in this particular matter GB. No one has a gun to your head GB, so stop with the sensationalist news feed.
Going to parliament is just further convoluting the issue, since the people has already spoken.
Are we expecting to hear a quick no from your 15-1 cabinet and band of merry men? Anything short of that is not unacceptable, so the argument in parliament should be a quick vote for no.
There is no benefit for Antiguan’s in this GB, and the fact that you haven’t even said yes already to the deal, tells me that visa privileges being reenstated are not on the table with this deal..I already knew that it wouldn’t, given the fact that it would be conflict of Trump’s agenda to do so, but anything short of getting visa restrictions lifted, is just a waste of parliament gathering.
Trump is not lifting visa restrictions, duh. And these MOU’s a lock step and barrel with his immigration policy agenda..Stop the dreaming GB, and read the room. This man had already moved on from any compromise he was willing to give last year when he sent his commanders all the way from Washington to Antigua to directly negotiate terms.
You blew it..Take he loss and move on. I see your bwoi Saunders have already move on to new pastures..I notice that there hasn’t been any talk about his visa negotiations lately.. huuumm.
Stop raising up the peoples hope GB..you played your poker hand wrong, and you lost..Just give it a rest. Let things cool down, because your time at the table with this Trump administration is over.
You might as well wait for the next US administration.
This immigration thing is too important to Trump’s legacy..he won’t back off of it one bit..that’s a fact.
Blah, Blah, and more Blah. More weight on our health services, housing accommodation for them, we have to find jobs for them, more crimes on top of what we have. This is what Gaston Brown will bequeath on the people of this Country before rides off into the sunset with his riches
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