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DHS Triggers End of TPS Protections for 76,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans

Secretary Noem says improved conditions in both countries justify ending decades-old protections to restore program integrity

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Honduran migrants arrive on a deportation flight at the Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport following President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on immigration, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Jan. 31, 2025.
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US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds up a sign encouraging undocumented migrants to "self-deport" during a roundtable discussion as she visits a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1, 2025.

Overview

  • Federal Register notices published July 7 start a 60-day window to terminate TPS protections for about 72,000 Honduran and 4,000 Nicaraguan nationals
  • DHS is urging affected migrants to use the CBP Home app to obtain a complimentary plane ticket and a $1,000 exit bonus for voluntary departure
  • Secretary Noem pointed to the temporary nature of TPS and improved conditions since Hurricane Mitch as justification for ending long-running designations
  • Immigration advocates have filed lawsuits seeking injunctions to block the revocation, as federal courts have previously halted similar TPS terminations
  • The move builds on the administration’s rollback of TPS protections for nations including Venezuela and Haiti as part of an intensified deportation enforcement strategy