On Wednesday the Trump administration signed a deal with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez. This deal made it so that it gives U.S immigration authorities to send back people to Honduras who didn’t apply for asylum. In order for someone from Honduras to get apply an asylum, they will need to go to a nearby country (Guatemala or El Salvador) and stay there until their requests is accepted
A brief summary about Honduras problem. Honduras has one of the biggest crime and gang violence and civilians often stuck in the crossfire. Some of the biggest gangs are “mara Salvatrucha y Los barrios 18” and other smaller gangs. Some civilians make imprudent decisions of allying with one group or asking them a favor and pay the price if not complying. I don’t mean to get anyone sad or anything, but in 2014 a 13 year old was abducted where she was raped and tortured before they (a gang) killed her and buried her on the floor, for her parents not holding up their end of the deal. Apart from the violence, poverty is extremely bad in Honduras, more than 60% of the population live under poverty and many people receive less than 1.90 U.S per day.
Many people from Honduras come to the united states to get away from the violence.
Approximately over 250,000 thousand Honduran migrants filled protection claims in the past 11 months, but after the incident of the Honduran president participating in a supposed “drug dealing” to support his presidential campaign back in 2013 the trump administration has enforced immigration.
Should the U.S be intervening with the current state of Honduras
Do you think the U.S has the right to dein an asylum for those who are facing hardships in their country/ how should the U.S be dealing with this type of situation
Since this was put out on Wednesday, and hundreds of immigrants migrant to the U.S. How should Hondurans be treated when they arrive at the frontier, should they be dein of an asylum?
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No, I do not think it is a good idea for the US to be intervening with the current state of Honduras. The US has a bit of an ego where we think we can solve the world’s problems when we ourselves owe like 1 trillion dollars to China. Anyways, I think Honduras can figure out this complex issue on their own and in fact, it will benefit their country because it was created by them and not some foreign power. Yes, I also believe that the US should accept some more migrants from Honduras because they are clearly in need of help. If we start allowing more migrants in, we can encourage more countries to do the same and Honduras migrants will hopefully be safer and not lead lives of fear.
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