US EditionUS signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum-seekers, Noem says
UNITED STATES, JUN 26 – The agreements extend a Trump-era policy to redirect migrants to third countries, providing the U.S. more options amid challenges returning asylum seekers to their home nations.
- 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.
- The agreements expand the Trump administration's efforts to provide the U.S. government flexibility in returning migrants not only to their own countries, but also to third countries as it attempts to ramp up deportations.
- Both the governments of Guatemala and Honduras denied having signed safe third-country agreements when asked following Noem's comments.
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Canada and the United States have a safe third country agreement since 2004 to receive deportees who applied for asylum in the United States, but now other nations seem to join. Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, announced that two Latin countries signed agreements.Noem announces new countries accept deported migrants who applied for asylum in the United States. The head of the Department of National Security (DHS) concluded a trip…
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Independent EspañolThe U.S. Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, signed a memorandum of understanding with Guatemala on Thursday for U.S. immigration agents to operate in the Central American country and have access to information from those who enter and leave the territory.
Noem reveals agreements with Guatemala, Honduras to take asylum-seekers
The countries of Guatemala and Honduras signed agreements with the United States to possibly offer refuge to those who would otherwise seek asylum in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday at the end of her Central America trip. The agreements will allow additional flexibility for the Trump administration’s efforts to return migrants to third-party countries. The secretary said the agreements would give asylum-seeke…
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