The first 115 Hondurans to be deported from the United States this year arrived home on Monday, a group that looks after them said.
The expulsion on a flight to the northern city of San Pedro Sula is a relatively common occurrence. In 2014, a total 36,416 Hondurans were deported from America, and last year around 19,000 were sent back.
But the United States is reportedly to step up the deportations of Central Americans starting this month, with planned raids of homes to seize any who have outstanding deportation orders against them.
The US Department of Homeland Security has not disputed anonymously sourced reports to this effect that were published by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, but no official confirmation has been forthcoming.
The issue of immigration is extremely sensitive in the United States, even more so as candidates jostle for the 2016 US presidential elections.
The Honduran group that looks after deportees, the Center for Returned Migrants, has expressed concern about the US plan.
On Monday, one of its coordinators, Aracely Romero, noted that "the greatest number of deportations has happened during the administration of President (Barack) Obama."
She estimated that one in three of those deported would leave again in search of "the American dream."
The first 115 Hondurans to be deported from the United States this year arrived home on Monday, a group that looks after them said.
The expulsion on a flight to the northern city of San Pedro Sula is a relatively common occurrence. In 2014, a total 36,416 Hondurans were deported from America, and last year around 19,000 were sent back.
But the United States is reportedly to step up the deportations of Central Americans starting this month, with planned raids of homes to seize any who have outstanding deportation orders against them.
The US Department of Homeland Security has not disputed anonymously sourced reports to this effect that were published by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, but no official confirmation has been forthcoming.
The issue of immigration is extremely sensitive in the United States, even more so as candidates jostle for the 2016 US presidential elections.
The Honduran group that looks after deportees, the Center for Returned Migrants, has expressed concern about the US plan.
On Monday, one of its coordinators, Aracely Romero, noted that “the greatest number of deportations has happened during the administration of President (Barack) Obama.”
She estimated that one in three of those deported would leave again in search of “the American dream.”
