Francisco Fortín was attacked by gangs wielding machetes in his home country of Honduras, he said, an act of violence that cemented a decision to quit his impoverished and trouble-plagued homeland.

Dozens of Venezuelans gathered on Thursday in Guatemala to protest against the expected inauguration of Nicolas Maduro for a third term and to show solidarity with opposition leaders. Waving Venezuelan flags and holding candles,

The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.

Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" in the U.S. were arrested and hundreds more flown out of the country on military aircraft, the White House said.

"Some of them we don't trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back," Trump said when making the announcement

The Donald Trump administration has rescinded an 18-month extension of deportation protections granted to more than 600,000 Venezuelans by President Joe Biden, a move that could leave them vulnerable to deportation in the coming months.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first visit to Latin America will be only to certain US allies, including a very complex meeting in Panama.

MEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of migrants from Venezuela, Guatemala and other countries are stranded in Mexico after the Trump administration shut down the asylum system at the border ...

The administration has already ramped up deportations, using military flights to send migrants to Latin American countries

The Mexican government has not confirmed either the arrival of flights or any agreement to receive a specific number of planes with deportees

Trump ended use of a border app to allow migrants to enter the country on two-year permits with eligibility to work, canceling tens of thousands of appointments into early February for people stranded in Mexico. Nearly 1 million people entered the U.S. at land crossings with Mexico by using the CBP One app.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.