DHS Ends Temporary Protected Status for Honduras

After finding improved country conditions in Honduras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status, as required by the statute, according to a press release on Monday. The termination will be...

Trump's immigration enforcement record so far: High arrests, low deportations

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month arrested the most people in at least five years, but deportations are still lagging far behind what President Donald Trump has promised — and even behind those in the Obama administration,...

'Just makes things harder' | Thousands of immigrants lose protected status after DHS revokes Temporary Protected status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans

Bridge Refugee Services Inc. assists immigrants living in the U.S. The organization says the change in legal status puts people's future in limbo. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — People in East Tennessee are reacting to the federal government's plan to roll...

Hondurans, Nicaraguans are latest to lose TPS deportation protections under Trump crackdown

The Trump administration on Monday cancelled Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for 76,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans. And both groups, which have large communities in South Florida, are denouncing the decision as unfair for migrants who've spent...

UNITED STATES-IMMIGRATION – Haitian Bridge Alliance condemns termination of TPS for Hondurans, Nicaraguans

Hondurans, Nicaraguans in Nevada to lose temporary protective status

Hundreds of Nevada residents from Honduras and Nicaragua who have been shielded from deportation for a quarter-century are set to lose their temporary protection after the Trump administration announced Monday that it was revoking their legal...

‘It’s just unfair’: What end of TPS means for Nicaraguans and Hondurans in the US

Virginia Guevara came to the United States from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the 1990s, before the country was granted Temporary Protected Status following the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Guevara, 48 at the time, found...

Honduran man sentenced for illegal reentry into the United States

Kurt G. Alme, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana | Department of JusticeKurt G. Alme, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana | Department of Justice A Honduran man, Enys Jose Rosales-Lara, was sentenced in Great Falls for illegal reentry...

Honduran and Nicaraguan Temporary Protected Status Terminated by DHS after 25 Years

According to a Department of Homeland Security announcement, tens of thousands of Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants in the United States will lose their Temporary Protected Status. About 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans will have their TPS...

Honduran national arrested in July 4 deadly hit-and-run crash: HCSO

BRANDON, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says deputies have arrested a Honduran national accused of causing a deadly crash on the Fourth of July, then taking off. The backstory: HCSO says the crash happened in the area of...

Expertos: El fin del TPS para Honduras y Nicaragua muestra una ‘falta de discernimiento’ y provoca miedo

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Co-President Rosario Murillo, are seen in file photo. Under the Ortega-Murillo regime, Nicaragua has seen a brutal crackdown on the Catholic Church and faces a human rights crisis, as does...

Qmmunity: On That 1800s Vibe

Slaying the undead look this summer (art by Henry Clarke) Hope you’re all staying dry out there in queer Austin-land, or at least getting wet in a fun way rather than an environmentally destructive one. (Chose this weekend to go offline? Lucky for...

Where things stand with Trump and immigration nearly 6 months in

President Donald Trump headed back to the White House in January after a campaign where he promised to take an aggressive stance on immigration and conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. Since taking office, border crossing numbers...

Immigration arrests in Colorado have surged under the Trump administration. Now we know how much.

Colorado’s first immigration arrest of the second Trump administration came shortly after the president was inaugurated on Jan. 20. Before the inaugural ball kicked off in the nation’s capital, a Honduran man in his late 20s was arrested in Craig....

Honduran migrant charged after fatal hit-and-run in Riverview

RIVERVIEW, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said a man involved in a Fourth of July crash has been located and arrested. At around 4:50 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a call reporting a crash near Providence Road and...

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Supervisors Move to Shield Immigrant Communities from Escalating Federal Enforcement

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors July 8 passed three motions introduced by Chair Pro Tem and First District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis to defend immigrant communities amid a sharp escalation in federal immigration...

DHS Quietly Ends TPS For Hondurans, Nicaraguans, Reversing Decades Of Protection

By News Americas Staff Writer News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Weds. July 9, 2025: In a sweeping move that could impact tens of thousands of Central American immigrants living in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security has formally...

Foreign nationals sentenced for illegal reentry, fraudulent immigration documents

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday sentenced four foreign nationals, two of whom admitted to illegal reentry and two for possession of fraudulent immigration documents, to time served in prison and remanded them to U.S. Customs and Border...

Sharing the love of Jesus in Honduras

Anderson Baptist Church sent two groups to Honduras for their annual mission trip. The second group is a medical team that will assist in the community of El Naranjal. They will be gone for 5 days. Each year the church sends workers to assist in a...