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Date Announced
Dec. 18, 2020DHS announced that the United States and Honduras have concluded the implementation accords for the Asylum Cooperative Agreement, under which certain migrants requesting asylum or similar humanitarian protection at the border will be transferred to Honduras to seek protection in Honduras.
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See Biden administration action below.
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Effective Date of Change
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Subsequent Action
December 29, 2020DHS announces that Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras have all signed Asylum Cooperation [sic] Agreements (ACA) and that all three ACAs have entered into force. The agreements allow the United States to remove certain migrants seeking humanitarian protection to the ACA countries.
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Biden Administration Action
February 6, 2021This Biden administration policy revokes in its entirety the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.
On February 2, 2021, the Secretary of State announced that the U.S. has immediately suspended the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and initiated the process to terminate these Agreements.
Suspending and Terminating the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
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Associated or Derivative Policies
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Sept. 25, 2019
United States and Honduras sign Asylum Cooperative Agreement