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Tiny ‘Survivor’ island with 18K population to welcome Trump’s deportees — for $7.5 million
NY Post ^ | 12/26/25 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 12/26/2025 4:06:12 PM PST by Libloather

WASHINGTON — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau — a former filming location for “Survivor” — has agreed to take up to 75 third-country deportees from the United States who don’t have a criminal record — in exchange for a $7.5 million grant to support the roughly 18,000-person island chain.

The $100,000 per-deportee fee, announced on Christmas Eve by Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. and the US embassy in Koror, introduces one of the most favorable venues yet for deportees if their recalcitrant homelands — such as China, Cuba, Russia or Iran — won’t take them.

“Palau and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding allowing up to 75 third country nationals, who have never been charged with a crime, to live and work in Palau, helping address local labor shortages in needed occupations,” the country’s president said in a statement.

“In connection with this arrangement, the United States granted $7.5 million to help Palau meet related public service and infrastructure needs, while both countries continue close cooperation on immigration and security matters.”

The US embassy said, “The United States deeply appreciates Palau’s cooperation in enforcing U.S. immigration laws, which remains a top priority for the Trump Administration.”

In addition to the new $7.5 million grant, the Trump administration agreed to provide $6 million “to prevent collapse of [Palau’s] civil service pension plan system” and $2 million for “new law enforcement initiatives.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: aliens; deport; island; longpig; palau; population; republicofpalau; survivor

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1 posted on 12/26/2025 4:06:12 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Good luck finding 75 people to go there.


2 posted on 12/26/2025 4:11:36 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

Bali Hai Is Calling


3 posted on 12/26/2025 4:14:59 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Libloather

Nothing like a bunch of convicts to help you spend your money.


4 posted on 12/26/2025 4:16:58 PM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Libloather

Meanwhile, nearby Tulalu is sinking and fols are fleeing to Australia.

Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia’s climate visas
Tuvalu, one of the countries at greatest risk from climate change, which experts say is boosting sea levels, has a population of 11,000 on its nine atolls scattered across the Pacific.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/australia/third-people-sinking-tuvalu-seek-australias-climate-visas-rcna215787


5 posted on 12/26/2025 4:17:34 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Libloather

The home countries should take their own people back, even if we have to parachute them down.


6 posted on 12/26/2025 4:19:17 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: Libloather

Sounds like a deal...


7 posted on 12/26/2025 4:19:41 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Always spay or neuter your liberal.)
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To: Libloather

Send deportees to the Andaman Islands.


8 posted on 12/26/2025 4:21:25 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Libloather

It shouldn’t be overly difficult to disappear 75 primitives from an island in the middle of an ocean.


9 posted on 12/26/2025 4:22:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (I have nro answers. Only questions.)
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To: Libloather

Advice to the natives of Palau; Keep those deportees as separate from your native population as you possibly can, especially keep them away from your women.
They have already shown no hesitancy to break the laws of the land.


10 posted on 12/26/2025 4:25:08 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BradyLS

Or St. Helena. It worked for Napoleon.


11 posted on 12/26/2025 4:25:08 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: Libloather

Sell out.

Look for Palau to be a third world hell hole in 25 years or less.

As the saying goes - “Import the third world....”


12 posted on 12/26/2025 4:35:06 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Send theme there broke. It will take awhile to earn air fare home. If they stay it may be good to mix up the gene pool.

French Polynesia-the Marqueses. The few people on those islands intermarry and cases of palsy are prevalent. I sometimes think that infants that escaped Planned Parenthood would be good for the place.


13 posted on 12/26/2025 4:44:38 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Black tip reef sharks.

Many Japanese and American sailors met their end to them during the war.


14 posted on 12/26/2025 5:08:05 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It shouldn’t be overly difficult to disappear 75 primitives from an island in the middle of an ocean

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Oh he went fishing the other day , we haven’t seen him in over a month now?


15 posted on 12/26/2025 5:18:47 PM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Libloather

$100k for each deportee? That’s crazy expensive and I don’t approve of this deal.


16 posted on 12/26/2025 5:38:12 PM PST by jimwatx
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To: Libloather

The saltwater crocks love the taste of human meat. #1 killer of people on the island chain.


17 posted on 12/27/2025 9:25:20 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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