Overview
- Dominica confirmed an agreement to receive some U.S. asylum seekers, but officials provided no numbers or start date.
- Opposition leader Thomson Fontaine pressed for clarity on housing, care, and overall capacity in a country of about 72,000 people.
- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said discussions with the U.S. focused on excluding violent individuals, with operational plans still unspecified.
- Antigua and Barbuda signed a non-binding U.S. memorandum and said it would not accept people with criminal records.
- The announcements follow expanded U.S. travel restrictions effective Jan. 1 and mirror similar arrangements pursued with Belize and Paraguay.