U.S. plans to send asylum seekers to Honduras — even if they're not from there
The Trump administration wants to send Central Americans seeking asylum to Honduras, restricting them from applying at the US-Mexico border, according to a document obtained by the Los Angeles Times.to take asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, even if they were not Guatemalan.Since the Guatemala agreement took effect on Nov. 22, U.S.
The new agreement is part of a broader effort to restrict asylum-seeking at the southern border. The Trump administration has reached similar agreements with El Salvador and Guatemala, obligating them to take other Central Americans who reach the U.S. border. The administration described the agreements as an “effort to share the distribution of hundreds of thousands of asylum claims.”
A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.Calling Honduras “a narco-state that is every bit as unprepared to participate as the other partner nations of Guatemala and El Salvador,” Rep.
Advocates for immigrants have condemned the agreements, saying they make it nearly impossible for Central Americans to seek asylum in the U.S.
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