00:00Ugandans have continued their criticism of the recent deportation deal between their government and the United States.
00:07The East African nation is now being put forward as a possible location for high-profile detainee Kilma Abrego Garcia,
00:14an El Salvador native who has been charged with human smuggling.
00:19Abrego Garcia was detained on Monday and is being processed for removal to Uganda.
00:23I think the U.S. should copy from other countries to be welcoming people because Abrego is from that American hemisphere.
00:41It wouldn't be good to bring him to, say, Africa where he has totally no connection.
00:47He has, I was reading that even doesn't, he speaks Spanish, doesn't speak English.
00:55So he's going to be thrown in a place where he'll probably need, like, a translator.
01:02So the U.S. on its part should be welcoming people in its hemisphere.
01:08Uganda's officials have released few details about the agreement, although said they prefer to receive deportees of African origin
01:17and didn't want individuals with criminal records.
01:20Of course I'm worried because some of them are criminals.
01:26Some of them you don't know what they've been doing on the other side.
01:30You don't know, you know people when they are starting over, you've been somewhere and you have to start again.
01:37So life gets hard.
01:38So you find yourself doing something you wouldn't have done if you had stayed in your real life.
01:45So I'm a bit worried.
01:46It remains unclear precisely what Ugandan authorities are getting in return for accepting deportees.
01:53Some opposition leaders claim the deal eases political pressure on the country's authoritarian president, Yoweri Museveni.
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