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Rwanda's government confirmed in early August 2025 that it had agreed to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the United States, under a deal signed by officials in Kigali in June 2025, in exchange for a U.S. cash grant. The first seven deportees arrived in mid-August 2025; a Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority report later calculated the arrangement cost the U.S. more than $1 million per person transferred.
On June 3, 2025, South Carolina completed enactment of its FY2025-26 General Appropriations Act (H4025), which includes Proviso 23.4 barring the Medical University of South Carolina from using state funds for gender-affirming care for patients under 16 at its Pediatric Transgender Clinic. The General Assembly ratified the budget on May 28, 2025, Governor Henry McMaster left the proviso intact in his June 3 line-item veto message, and the act took effect July 1, 2025.