WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to significantly expand a list of Central American officials deemed too corrupt to work with or to be allowed to enter the United States.
The list, first developed last year under congressional mandate, will make it difficult for some Central American governments to do business in Washington and complicate Washington’s efforts to fight illegal immigration from the so-called northern triangle countries — El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala — because numerous potential partners would be disqualified.
People on the list are denied U.S. visas, barred from traveling to the U.S. and considered off-limits to U.S. businesses and most government programs.
