Approximately 25,400 illegal Honduran citizens living in the United States have been deported back to Honduras already this year. Among them, 10,774 returned by air and 14,626 by land. The total number is expected to increase to more than 40,000 for the whole year.

The number of Honduran immigrants deported by U.S. authorities has been increasing in recent years. Every week, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula airports receive hundreds of Honduran deportees from the U.S.

Honduran lawmakers say more than 1 million Honduran people live in the United States, most of whom are undocumented, and it is of national interest to solve the immigration issue.