A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries have climbed down the stairs of an airplane in Costa Rica’s capital, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in

The flight of 135 deportees, half of them minors, added Costa Rica to a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to step up deportations.