President Castro expresses concern over potential mass deportations of Hondurans by the incoming Trump administration. She warns of a potential shift in Honduras' cooperation with the US, particularly regarding military presence, if the US proceeds with harmful deportation policies.
Honduras President Xiomara Castro has voiced her concerns about United States' President-elect Donald Trump 's plans for mass deportations, becoming another world leader who could disrupt his proposals. The New Year's Day speech, which included a threat to remove U.S. military personnel from her country, came as neighbor Guatemala indicated it would support Trump 's program, and even take nationals from other Central and South American countries unwilling to help.
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, and the Honduras and Guatemala embassies in the U.S. for additional comment via email Monday. At least 261,000 Hondurans are currently awaiting removal from the U.S, according to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making it the largest group awaiting deportation ahead of Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. But any country has the sovereign right to refuse a deportation flight from a foreign country, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told Newsweek. So Honduras could present a problem for Trump. What To Know The hundreds of thousands of Hondurans awaiting removal would potentially be Trump's easiest starting point for mass deportations, once he is back in the White House on January 20. Speaking on national television on January 1, President Castro said she was concerned about 'unnecessary reprisals' against Hondurans present in the U.S. 'Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change of our cooperation policies with the United States, especially in the military realm,' Castro said, raising the idea that U.S. forces may no longer be welcome in her country. Castro is planning to meet with other leaders, including Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, in the coming weeks to discuss immigration issue
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