This agreement with Honduras could allow the US to send some asylum seekers back to Honduras if they didn't first claim asylum when passing through the country, similar to deals already made with Guatemala and El Salvador, a senior DHS official said
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it has struck an agreement with Honduras designed to curb migration to the US, marking the latest in a string of accords with Central American countries.
The agreement with Honduras could allow the US to send some asylum seekers back to Honduras if they didn't first claim asylum when passing through the country, similar to deals already made with Guatemala and El Salvador, according to a senior DHS official. Over the last fiscal year, the majority of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border were from those three countries.
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