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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.

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.

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.

A community advocate reported that more than 25,000 Hondurans are in ICE custody and that those with Temporary Protected Status are now being sought at their homes, criticizing the Honduran government's response to migrant hardship in the United States.