The deportees, largely from Asian countries, were part of a deal struck between the Trump administration and Panama and Costa Rica last month as the U.S. government attempts to speed up deportations.

Move comes after weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism on behalf of deportees held for weeks in a remote camp

Immigrants denounce the poor conditions in the camps where they were held. Panama has decided to release dozens of migrants who had been detained for weeks in a remote camp after being deported by the United States.