A company based in Hong Kong agreed to sell two port facilities in the Panama Canal to American asset management behemoth BlackRock, a move that comes after President Donald Trump raised the alarm about Chinese influence over the critical piece of infrastructure.

A group of lawyers accused Panama of violating the rights of people deported from the United States under the Trump administration’s policy of sending migrants to cooperative Latin American nations.

Often a political punching bag for MAGA Republicans, asset manager BlackRock may have bought some conservative credibility along with its purchase of two critical ports on both sides of the Panama Canal.

More than 100 asylum seekers from around the world sent to Panama from the United States have no sense how long they will be held or where they might eventually be sent.

"This one was really hard," Herischi recalled. "It said, 'Please don't let this situation affect us for the rest of our lives. It's become too much — the situation that we are [in]. I think it's going to create a scar in my son and all of us forever.

American asset management giant BlackRock has agreed to buy two ports at either end of the Panama Canal from a Hong Kong-based firm whose ownership had angered President Donald Trump.

Trump threatened to take back the canal because of what he called Chinese influence. CK Hutchison, a Hong Kong company, is selling its control in a firm that ran two ports on the canal.

Costa Rica and Panama are coordinating to expedite southbound migrant transit through their countries along the same route that carried hundreds of thousands north in recent years.