Honduras Immigration News

Honduras's consulate in the New York region visited ICE detention centers across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to interview 38 Honduran nationals, provide birth certificates, and offer legal follow-up support.

A National Congress member has proposed legislation to permanently ban foreigners convicted of grave crimes—homicide, kidnapping, extortion, human trafficking, drug trafficking, terrorism, and organized-crime offenses—from re-entering Honduras after serving their sentences.

Honduras's consul general in McAllen, Texas, provided consular assistance to 52 unaccompanied Honduran children in US custody under the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Guatemalan migration authorities say the caravan that left San Pedro Sula on Sunday has broken up into small groups moving independently, with about 250 of the roughly 400 Hondurans identified between Monday and Tuesday having entered legally, 106 ordered to leave after irregular entry, and 10 teenagers aged 15–17 placed under state protection.

The Honduran consulate in New York handled 17 repatriation cases in September alone, at costs between $5,000 and $10,000 per case, while consular staff reported assisting Hondurans held in ICE detention centers across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut for up to nine months.

Guatemala's welfare ministry is providing protection, medical care, and shelter to 10 Honduran adolescents who entered the country as part of a migrant caravan that departed San Pedro Sula, while officials assess their needs and coordinate with Honduran authorities on next steps.

A group of deported Hondurans arrived at San Pedro Sula's main bus terminal on September 22, while another caravan of Hondurans continues through Guatemala toward Mexico.

Social researcher Carolina Meléndez says Honduras needs more consular offices in New York, where over 100,000 Hondurans live, because traveling long distances to existing consulates is costly and risky for residents seeking services.

Gonzalo Fuentes, a former head of Honduras's national registry, outlined the steps for Hondurans abroad to change letters or words in their names, noting that no attorney is required and forms are available directly at registry offices.

Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero said the government is pursuing legal options for Hondurans affected by the expiration of US Temporary Protected Status, while strengthening consular services and shifting toward economic diplomacy focused on investment and job creation.

Darwin Ponce, president of the civil-society group Artículo 19, says the resurgence of migrant caravans reflects widespread frustration over rising inflation and a lack of economic opportunity, worsened by poor coordination between the central bank and the government's fuel and energy price hikes.

The Labor Ministry launched a free online platform for Hondurans seeking temporary jobs abroad through legal channels, allowing them to register in a database that foreign employers can access for positions in agriculture, construction, and services.

Approximately 400 Hondurans who departed San Pedro Sula on Sunday crossed into Guatemala at El Cinchado; Guatemalan authorities registered over 250 who entered legally, issued deportation orders to more than 100 who entered irregularly, and identified eight unaccompanied minors.

US immigration enforcement at airports has expanded to include travelers with pending immigration cases or expired visa stamps, with more than 1,200 arrests recorded by early June; experts advise checking status and consulting a lawyer before flying.

Lawyer Rodolfo Colindres argues that a new migrant caravan is being propelled by false hopes, saying US immigration restrictions make the chances of reaching the country virtually zero.

A federal judge in Colorado ordered US immigration authorities to return Honduran migrant Brayan Omar Sánchez Servellón to the United States by September 25 after he was irregularly deported to the Central African Republic in August, a decision legal advocates say sets a precedent against deportations to unrelated third countries.

Detentions of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the United States and Mexico fell to 21,741 in the first half of 2026, down 50.2% from the same period in 2025.

Dozens of Honduran migrants attempting to cross into Guatemala at Corinto received a warning from US authorities urging them not to risk the dangerous journey to the United States.

Community organizer Lida Perdomo urged authorities to cut red tape and bureaucracy in repatriating Honduran nationals, noting that the process costs between $15,000 and $20,000 and lacks clear online guidance for families managing a death abroad.

Dozens of Honduran men, women, and families left San Pedro Sula on September 20, heading toward the Corinto border crossing with Guatemala in what appears to be the first such caravan of 2026.

Federal prosecutors are moving to strip a Honduran man of U.S. citizenship obtained in 2008, alleging he concealed a 1999 deportation order issued under a different name and hid his prior immigration history during naturalization.

A Colorado federal judge ordered US authorities to arrange the return of Brian Omar Sánchez, a Honduran deported to the Central African Republic, with authorities required to respond by September 25.

More than 51,000 Hondurans have been returned from the United States so far this year—already surpassing 2025's total—prompting officials and organizations to consider declaring a migration emergency and coordinating a national response.

Nelson Romero-Martínez, 48, a Honduran convicted of stabbing two people at a children's birthday party in Connecticut in 2005 and guilty of another stabbing 18 years later, now faces federal charges for illegal reentry to the United States after deportation.

A 2026 qualitative study of 15 women survivors of gender-based violence found that nine were Honduran, documenting how migrants fleeing violence at home encounter further risks—including sexual extortion, kidnapping, and trafficking—while crossing Mexico.

José Eliézer Martínez, deported to Honduras in April, re-entered the U.S. in August, was arrested and held 37 days by ICE, but obtained a court order allowing him to stay and was released.

A 9-year-old girl who disappeared in August 2021 was located when she arrived on a deportation flight; immigration officials matched her to a missing-person alert in their system and reunited her with her family.

At least two Hondurans with legal protections against deportation to Honduras were flown to Liberia in August under a Trump administration policy allowing the US to expel migrants to third countries, leaving them separated from families in the United States.

Three sisters aged 4, 13, and 16 left Alabama after eight years to rejoin their mother, Iris Flores, in Honduras; Flores had been arrested in June on an alleged identity-fraud charge and subsequently chose voluntary deportation.

Esli Osman Díaz Bejarano, 28, was arrested in Niagara Falls, New York on September 2 after allegedly biting a Border Patrol agent during a custody struggle, and now faces federal charges carrying a maximum 20-year prison sentence.