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Congress approved a special law to facilitate Honduran migrants' return and relocation of household goods, but implementation stalls pending technical regulations from the Finance Ministry and Customs authorities, a congresswoman said.

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.

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.

The president of Olanchanos Unidos foundation says the Foreign Ministry takes up to five months to repatriate Hondurans who die abroad, and urges faster action on humanitarian grounds; funeral homes have offered credit to help.