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Defensores de Honduras called on the government and Congress to treat the end of TPS for Honduran migrants and a nearly 12% electricity rate hike as national emergencies requiring urgent policy responses.

Human-rights defender Itmania Platero calls on the US president to temporarily reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans, citing rising crime and persistent poverty, while warning that Honduras lacks capacity to help those who would return if the program ends.

Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero said the government remains committed to supporting the roughly 55,000 Hondurans with Temporary Protected Status as a federal appeals court reviews the US Department of Homeland Security's termination of the program.

Experts warn that the imminent end of Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans could force 30,000–35,000 returnees home by year's end, straining families and the economy as asylum restrictions tighten.

A civil-society leader says Honduras must directly petition the US government to renew Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans, as a recent Supreme Court ruling shows judicial action alone won't secure it, and Honduras can cite natural disasters as justification.