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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Y. Claudio Escaln and Marlon Gonzlez

US sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

The United States on Monday sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries, the first government-funded flight of what the Trump administration is calling voluntary deportations.

In the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, 38 Hondurans, including 19 children, disembarked from the charter flight carrying $1,000 debit cards from the U.S. government and the offer to one day be allowed to apply for legal entry into the U.S.

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