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For the United States, sending migrants to Panama and Costa Rica effectively means these people are no longer subject to U.S. law. Analysts told The New York Times that Panama is under intense pressure by Trump, who has threatened to seize the Panama Canal. So Turkowitz explained to MSNBC this agreement could be an effort to appease him.

Similar questions have been raised about Costa Rica's motivations for entering into this agreement. The Costa Rican president in a news conference on Wednesday spoke about his fears that the United States could impose a tax and said this is a way of helping their, quote, economically powerful brother from the north. International authorities are now responsible for transferring them.

Similar questions have been raised about Costa Rica's motivations for entering into this agreement. The Costa Rican president in a news conference on Wednesday spoke about his fears that the United States could impose a tax and said this is a way of helping their, quote, economically powerful brother from the north. International authorities are now responsible for transferring them.

Similar questions have been raised about Costa Rica's motivations for entering into this agreement. The Costa Rican president in a news conference on Wednesday spoke about his fears that the United States could impose a tax and said this is a way of helping their, quote, economically powerful brother from the north. International authorities are now responsible for transferring them.

The United States is paying for all costs in Panama, and it's footing the bill for every flight, including those that will eventually take migrants to their home countries. It's been just about a month of Trump's second term in office.

The United States is paying for all costs in Panama, and it's footing the bill for every flight, including those that will eventually take migrants to their home countries. It's been just about a month of Trump's second term in office.

The United States is paying for all costs in Panama, and it's footing the bill for every flight, including those that will eventually take migrants to their home countries. It's been just about a month of Trump's second term in office.

And so far, we've seen him make big moves, implementing deportations, as we've mentioned, freezing foreign aid, proposing an end to birthright citizenship, making sweeping cuts to federal agency workforces and spending.

And so far, we've seen him make big moves, implementing deportations, as we've mentioned, freezing foreign aid, proposing an end to birthright citizenship, making sweeping cuts to federal agency workforces and spending.

And so far, we've seen him make big moves, implementing deportations, as we've mentioned, freezing foreign aid, proposing an end to birthright citizenship, making sweeping cuts to federal agency workforces and spending.

The legality of some of these actions is being brought before federal courts, and some lawmakers are fighting Trump on the issue of frozen funds that were already approved by Congress. If this seems like a big shift in the balance of our government, well, it is.

The legality of some of these actions is being brought before federal courts, and some lawmakers are fighting Trump on the issue of frozen funds that were already approved by Congress. If this seems like a big shift in the balance of our government, well, it is.

The legality of some of these actions is being brought before federal courts, and some lawmakers are fighting Trump on the issue of frozen funds that were already approved by Congress. If this seems like a big shift in the balance of our government, well, it is.

That's Ankush Kadori, a former federal prosecutor and a senior writer at Politico magazine. He's my guest this week on Apple News in Conversation.

That's Ankush Kadori, a former federal prosecutor and a senior writer at Politico magazine. He's my guest this week on Apple News in Conversation.

That's Ankush Kadori, a former federal prosecutor and a senior writer at Politico magazine. He's my guest this week on Apple News in Conversation.

He told me that impoundment, which is when the president essentially overrides Congress by deciding not to spend money that's already been appropriated by the legislature, this tension in his mind is the one that's most worth paying attention to because it could radically change the relationship between the three branches.

He told me that impoundment, which is when the president essentially overrides Congress by deciding not to spend money that's already been appropriated by the legislature, this tension in his mind is the one that's most worth paying attention to because it could radically change the relationship between the three branches.

He told me that impoundment, which is when the president essentially overrides Congress by deciding not to spend money that's already been appropriated by the legislature, this tension in his mind is the one that's most worth paying attention to because it could radically change the relationship between the three branches.

There's a law in place to prevent presidential impoundment. Back in the 70s, under Nixon, Congress passed an Impoundment Control Act. President Bill Clinton tried to amend it in the 90s by introducing line-item veto power, which allowed him to reject specific parts of a bill without having to veto the whole thing.