US-Guatemala-Honduras Asylum Agreements | Noem
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem poses for photos with Air Marshals and security officials at La aurora International Airport in Guatemala city, June 26, 2025.
- Guatemala and Honduras have potentially agreed to new roles regarding migrants seeking asylum, according to U.S.
- Noem framed the agreements as providing asylum-seekers with alternatives to entering the U.S.,noting that discussions had been ongoing for months.
The U.S. is reshaping its approach to migrant management with Guatemala adn Honduras, potentially altering the asylum landscape. According to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem,new agreements could see these nations offering refuge,providing alternatives to U.S. asylum, and potentially expanding deportation efforts. News Directory 3 delivers the latest on these developments, including the denial of any “safe third-country agreements” by officials from both Guatemala and Honduras.these evolving US-Guatemala-Honduras agreements reveal a complicated interplay of humanitarian aid, national interests, and international relations. Discover what’s next in this critical shift in policy.
guatemala, Honduras Consider New Migrant role in Asylum, Deportation
Updated June 27, 2025
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem poses for photos with Air Marshals and security officials at La aurora International Airport in Guatemala city, June 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP
Guatemala and Honduras have potentially agreed to new roles regarding migrants seeking asylum, according to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi noem. Speaking Thursday at the end of her Central America trip, Noem said the countries signed agreements with the U.S. that could see them offering refuge to individuals who might otherwise seek asylum in the United States. These agreements aim to give the U.S.government more versatility in managing migration flows and increasing deportations.
Noem framed the agreements as providing asylum-seekers with alternatives to entering the U.S.,noting that discussions had been ongoing for months. The U.S. government had been pressuring Honduras and Guatemala to finalize the deals.
“Honduras and now Guatemala after today will be countries that will take those individuals and give them refugee status as well,” Noem said. “We’ve never believed that the United States should be the onyl option, that the guarantee for a refugee is that they go somewhere to be safe and to be protected from whatever threat they face in their country. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the United States.”
however, officials from both Guatemala and Honduras have since denied signing any “safe third-country agreements.”
Guatemala’s presidential communications office stated that no such agreement, nor any immigration-related agreement, was