Why are countries accepting deportees from the US?

U.S. Border Patrol agents along with Washington DC Metro Police perform a traffic stop on 9th Street Northwest on August 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. An increased presence of law enforcement has been seen throughout the nation's capital since U.S.[AFP]

Several poor countries, mostly in Africa, have agreed to take deportees from the United States as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants. What motivates them?

The African nations of Rwanda, South Sudan and Eswatini have already accepted deportees -- almost entirely citizens of other countries -- as has El Salvador in Central America.