Honduras asks US to grant TPS to its citizens

Honduran authorities have requested the US to obtain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for this country due to the impossibility of returning migrants from that country in a “dignified” manner and in a “democratic, prosperous and secure” environment.

“This will mean important comfort while we can attack and confront these sensitive situations,” he said. explained the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of National Security of the United States, Alejandro Mallorcas.

In this sense, Tegucigalpa noted that the return of “a large number of people” could translate into “more unemployment, more violence, more food insecurity, fewer opportunities for people currently living in Honduras and very likely in irregular migration.”

Honduras also praised the ability of the United States to immigrate, Highlighting the “strong bilateral agenda” between the two countries.

“From the very first day she took office, President Xiomara Castro has been powerful (…) (in) attacking criminal structures and dismantling networks of corruption and impunity,” highlighted.

However, in its letter to Mallorcas, published on his personal Facebook page, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that President Castro’s ambitious plan requires time and commitment from all Hondurans to make it a reality.

The announcement was confirmed via her Twitter account by saying: “The government of President Xiomara Castro was immediately and responsibly conducting negotiations with the United States Government regarding TPS It continues to advocate at all levels for approval,” the State Department said.

They located 223 illegal immigrants in an operation in central Mexico

specially, Mexican authorities found 223 irregular migrants, most of them from Central Americawho remained crammed into a home in the central state of Puebla, including many Hondurans, the National Institute for Migration (INM) reported.

The agency said in a statement that the local police received a report that a large group of people, including minors, were seen by neighbors when they were unloaded from a truck to enter the property.

After the announcement, personnel from the Iraqi National Institute and the state police went to the site and warned that People got out of the house and ran for help because, they said, they were crammed into a room with no light or ventilation.

With the support of the National Guard, the foreigners were transferred to various immigration facilities and agents from the Attorney General’s Office arrested three alleged traffickers, in addition to confiscating the van, truck and property, according to the institute.

The National Institute of Migration identified 108 Guatemalan nationals; 33 from El Salvador; 32 from Nicaragua; 21 from Honduras; 15 from Cuba; 13 from Ecuador, and one from the Dominican Republic,” the statement details.

from the immigrant group, 136 men, 41 women and 46 minors, INM added.

Every year, thousands of immigrants from different countries They seek to reach the United States by crossing Mexican territory in order to escape poverty and violence in their home countries.

On their way, they often fall victim to extortion by the Mexican authorities. But also from criminal gangs.

The number of people trying to cross increased with Democrat Joe Biden’s accession to the White House in January 2021.

Mexico has strengthened its military operations to combat the flow of irregular migration. This has resulted in the undocumented resorting to increasingly dangerous means of crossing Mexico.

Since 2014, about 6,430 migrants have died or disappeared en route to the United States, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and 850 have died in accidents or from traveling in inhumane conditions.

*With information from Europa Press and AFP