US Immigration Office in Tegucigalpa to Close
The US Immigration Office in Tegucigalpa has jurisdiction over immigration matters in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, but is closing on June 20, 2013.
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Honduran Accidental Deportation Results in Death
Nelson Avila-Lopez came to Los Angeles when he was 16. Gang members in his native Honduras had been trying to recruit him for years, so he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in order to be reunited with his mother, who was living in Los Angeles. But Avila-Lopez could not escape the gang affiliation nor his […]
Deported Hondurans Return Home Today
Eighty-two Hondurans being deported from the United States will be flying into the country at 2:00 p.m. today, according to the non-governmental Center for Attention to Returning Migrants [Centro de Atención al Migrante Retornado (CAMR)]. The Director of the CAMR, Valdette Willeman, is heading from Tegucigalpa to the city of San Pedro Sula to receive […]
U.S. Proposes New Immigration Procedures
Easier Route to Green Card to Be Proposed for Some Obama administration officials announced on Friday they are proposing a fix to a Catch-22 in immigration law that could spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separations from illegal immigrant spouses and children. Although the regulatory tweak appears small, lawyers said it would […]
44,000 Hondurans Searched for Work in 2011
The United States and Mexico deported 44,000 Hondurans in 2011, who had left Honduras in search of work to help their families, officials reported this weekend. Returning Migrant Aid Center of Honduras Director, Valdette Willeman, told reporters that 22,832 were deported from the United States by air, while the rest were sent back from Mexico […]