Deportation

President Nasry Asfura asked the US to grant Honduran TPS holders time to prepare for their return, after Washington rejected Honduras's request for a transition extension; about 55,000 Hondurans are affected by the program's end.

Nelson Aguilar González, 32, who had recently been deported from the United States, was killed in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in La Ceiba; police are investigating personal disputes as a possible motive.

Human-rights defenders report that Honduran migrants deported from the US are being transferred to El Salvador under a 'Safe Third Country' agreement and detained in CECOT, a maximum-security prison, rather than processed as migrants.

Honduras's ambassador to Washington will meet a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official on September 3 to propose alternatives for TPS beneficiaries facing expiration, including legal aid, temporary work authorizations, and orderly returns for those unable to regularize their status.

Honduras is seeking a transition period from the U.S. before TPS holders must depart, with a delegation set to meet U.S. officials in early September, while at least 385 deportees arrived this week on three flights to San Pedro Sula.

A Honduran court acquitted Alexander "Chande" Ardón, a former mayor deported from the United States, of money-laundering charges after finding technical and mathematical errors in the prosecution's financial analysis of his alleged unjustified assets.

Twenty-six Mexican nationals deported from the United States are temporarily housed at Honduras's migrant reception center in San Pedro Sula while completing consular paperwork to return to Mexico, part of a larger flow of 365 Mexican deportees Honduras has received and assisted since the beginning of the year.

Brayan Omar Sánchez, a Honduran from Olancho deported to an African country by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite having an active asylum case pending judicial review, posted videos documenting severe poverty and sanitation conditions where he says he now lives.

Mauricio Josué Sarmiento, 21, a Honduran who entered the US irregularly in 2021 as a minor, faces charges in North Carolina for a hit-and-run that killed a 51-year-old man; ICE has filed a hold to be notified before his release.

Honduras's foreign minister said the end of Temporary Protected Status for over 55,000 Hondurans in the US does not mean all beneficiaries must return immediately, as individual cases will depend on family ties, residency length, and pending legal proceedings.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed on August 18 that all TPS terminations — including for Hondurans — are now in effect after months of court battles, warning holders who remain in the country without status that they will be deported.

Fifty Hondurans and 36 Mexicans arrived in Tegucigalpa aboard a US military aircraft from Fort Lauderdale, bringing the cumulative air-deportation count for Hondurans to 28,001, as officials warn the TPS cancellation could accelerate returns in coming months.

President Nasry Asfura requested that the United States evaluate each Honduran affected by the suspension of Temporary Protected Status on a case-by-case basis, noting that many have lived, worked, and built families in the US for decades since the program began after Hurricane Mitch 28 years ago.

José Eliezer Martínez, a Honduran with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and deferred action, was deported in April after authorities allegedly pressured him to accept removal despite his legal protections; he was ordered back to the U.S. on August 5 but remains in Border Patrol custody in Texas with his case unresolved.

The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras leaves approximately 55,000 Hondurans in the United States without legal work authorization and exposed to deportation, according to former INM director Wilson Paz, who noted they had been contributing to both economies through taxes and remittances.

Dulce Ponce, 17, died on August 8 from injuries sustained in a Louisiana car accident six days earlier, while her mother, Karina Oyuela, remains in ICE detention in Texas and has requested release or deportation to Honduras to attend her daughter's funeral.

Brayan Sánchez, a Honduran truck driver deported to the Central African Republic by the US in July along with four Cubans and an Ecuadorian, cannot legally return to the United States or Honduras; the Conadeh human-rights ombudsman is urging the government to issue him a passport and explore third-country resettlement options that guarantee safety and dignity.

The US Department of Homeland Security announced that Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and 12 other nations has ended, warning beneficiaries to depart voluntarily or face deportation.

Gerson Turcios, 23, who arrived in Rhinebeck, New York at 17 and built a life there, faces deportation after an old removal order surfaced following his arrest; neighbors, celebrities, and lawyers have launched a campaign to fund his legal defense and challenge the order in court.

Congress approved reforms to streamline repatriation by establishing a single coordinating office where Hondurans can handle customs, immigration, and vehicle-registration procedures in one process rather than visiting multiple agencies.

Mario Argenis Rodríguez Redondo, 36, was arrested by U.S. immigration agents on July 18 in Austin, Texas while holding his autistic daughter; he was transferred to San Antonio and faces deportation proceedings.

José Eliezer Martínez Andino, a 21-year-old Honduran with special immigrant juvenile status and work authorization, was returned to the United States by federal court order after being wrongfully deported in April, but remains in custody in Texas while authorities resolve his immigration case.

Tens of thousands of Honduran deportees face collection efforts after the US plans to hire a private contractor to locate and notify them of unpaid civil immigration fines — part of an estimated $423 million owed by roughly 66,387 people across Honduras, Mexico, and Guatemala.

A Honduran man and five others from Cuba and Ecuador were deported without prior notice to the Central African Republic, and are now appealing to Florida lawmakers for help from Bangui, saying their rights were violated.

Erick Ruiz López, deported to Honduras after a routine traffic stop in Houston on June 17, is suing the Houston Police Department for allegedly detaining him unlawfully for over two hours past the traffic infraction, enabling his transfer to ICE.

Brayan Omar Sánchez, a 26-year-old from Juticalpa who says he had a pending habeas corpus case blocking his deportation, reports being shackled and flown without notice to the Central African Republic, where he now lives in a hotel with no water or electricity and suffers health problems from the unfamiliar climate.

Brayan Omar Sánchez Servellón, a Honduran man held in immigration detention in Texas, was reportedly deported to Senegal, where he told family members he suffered abuse during the transfer, though neither U.S. nor Honduran authorities have confirmed the case.

Michael Jamblyck Costly Bennett, 30, was arrested in Michigan on July 30 on suspicion of murder committed abroad and found carrying forged documents; he had been deported from the US twice before.

The end of Temporary Protected Status for more than 50,000 Hondurans in the US will force returnees to adapt after decades abroad, with experts warning of challenges in employment, housing, and an estimated $240 million annual loss in remittances to families.

Brayan Omar Sánchez from Olancho says ICE deported him to the Central African Republic in May despite having an active asylum claim based on death threats in Honduras, and he now seeks help from a hotel where he faces severe restrictions.