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U.S. ICE deported three Hondurans—Víctor Manuel Zelaya García (firearms and traffic convictions), José Daniel Burgos Laínez (armed robbery), and Ludwig Criss Zelaya Romero (cocaine conspiracy and firearms charges)—among 12 immigrants removed from Texas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With Honduras's TPS formally ended and the U.S. Supreme Court removing the last legal obstacles in June, Hondurans who did not secure another immigration status have lost work authorization and risk deportation, while the roughly 21,000 who obtained permanent residency by April 2025 remain protected.

A federal judge in Michigan sentenced Honduran national Wilmer Rodríguez, 39, to nearly four years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation, following a prior state conviction for first-degree sexual assault, kidnapping, and firearms offenses.

A new Trump administration policy bars migrants already in the United States from adjusting their immigration status domestically, forcing them to return to their home countries to apply for permanent residency at consulates—a change affecting more than half a million people annually, according to immigration experts.