U.S. Quietly Deporting Mexican Migrants to Guatemala and Honduras, Angering Mexico
Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 2:33 PM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- The Trump administration is deporting Mexican migrants to Guatemala and Honduras, not directly back to Mexico.
- This tactic is reportedly intended to deter illegal immigration by sending migrants further from the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Mexico's government opposes these deportations, stating they only accept the return of their own citizens to national territory.
- Immigration policy experts consider this move to be unprecedented.
- The deportations have been occurring for months, sending hundreds of Mexican citizens to Honduras and Guatemala.
- The U.S. government has not formally announced these deportations.