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The United States has signed new agreements with Honduras and Guatemala that could allow migrants from other nations to seek refuge there instead of applying for asylum in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced at the end of her trip to Central America.
The deals broaden the Trump administration’s strategy of deporting migrants not just to their home countries but to third countries willing to offer them protection. Noem said the arrangements had been in development for months, with the U.S. pressuring both governments to finalize the terms.
“Honduras and now Guatemala after today will be countries that will take those individuals and give them refugee status as well,” Noem said. “We’ve never believed that the United States should be the only option… The guarantee for a refugee is that they go somewhere to be safe and protected—it doesn’t necessarily have to be the United States.”
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