 SECURING AMERICA. IN A MAJOR REVERSAL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL NOW HELP DEPORT U.S.-BOUND MIGRANTS BEFORE THEY EVEN REACH THE BORDER, STRIKING A DEAL WITH PANAMA TO SCREEN AND DEPORT MIGRANTS AT THE DARIAN GAP, THE ONLY LAND CROSSING BETWEEN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND A MAJOR STEPPING STONE FOR MIGRANTS WHO OFTEN FLY INTO SOUTH AMERICA. SOME 520,000 MIGRANTS USED THE GAP LAST YEAR.