Chang tells Parliament: Deportee deal was a US request
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June 18, 2026
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National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang told Parliament on Wednesday that the controversial deal to temporarily accommodate deportees from the United States originated from a request by Washington.
Chang's account of the deal's origins, however, sits in tension with revelations in a diplomatic note sent to Jamaica by the United States Embassy in Kingston, and reported on in The Gleaner on Thursday.
Chang, who is also deputy prime minister of Jamaica, was responding to a question from Opposition lawmaker Dr Dayton Campbell, Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, during a sitting of the House of Representatives.
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