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About 31,000 Hondurans have been deported from the United States, Mexico, and Guatemala between January and August 2026, with 27,828 arriving by air from the US, as the government braces for potential mass returns following the US termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans.

Thirty-seven Mexican nationals, most with over a decade in the U.S., were deported by ICE and flown to San Pedro Sula instead of Mexico as part of the Trump administration's policy of routing deportees to third countries, forcing them to navigate additional migration procedures.

Brayan Sánchez, a Honduran deported by the United States to the Central African Republic, and a group of Cuban and Ecuadorian deportees are appealing to Florida lawmakers for help returning, while Sánchez's wife says the Honduran government has offered little support and calls their situation an abuse against immigrants.

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.

The US deported 17,650 Hondurans in the first five months of 2026, a 71% increase from the same period last year, as the country grapples with the return of migrants who left due to violence, poverty, and lack of opportunity.