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Trump Administration To Send 57,000 Hondurans In The United States Home

Associated Press
Officials are expected to say conditions in Honduras have improved enough for people to return, though some have lived in the United States for two decades.

The Trump administration has decided to end a temporary program that allows 57,000 Hondurans to live and work in the United States, three people familiar with the plans told McClatchy.

Hondurans who came to the United States after Hurricane Mitch devastated their country in 1998 will be given 12 to 18 months to return to their native county or seek another form of legal residency.

The Department of Homeland Security will announce the program’s end as early as Friday afternoon. Officials there are expected to say conditions in Honduras have improved enough for people to return, though some have lived in the United States for two decades.

Read more at the Sun Sentinel.

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