President Xiomara Castro of Honduras, a nation of beggars, said she would shut down the US military in the poverty-stricken country if President-elect Donald Trump repatriated a large number of undocumented Hondurans.
Honduras, which attracted about $200 million in foreign aid in fiscal year 2023, is the second Latin American country to try to stop what President Trump has vowed is the “largest internal deportation operation in U.S. history.”
Mexico is preparing for a legal war against the regime. The company has developed a smartphone app that allows illegal aliens facing deportation to notify consulates and disruptive lawyers about their cases.
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Mr. Castro's message to his compatriots, many of whom may depend on the income and jobs provided by Soto Cano Air Base, was short and bitter.
“I am confident that the new democratically elected administration of President Donald Trump will be open to dialogue, constructive and friendly, and will not retaliate unnecessarily against immigrants who typically make significant contributions to the U.S. economy. I look forward to that,” she said in Spanish. :
Faced with the hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our compatriots, we will need to consider changing our cooperation policy with the United States, especially in the military field. The United States has maintained military bases in the United States for decades without paying a dime. In this case, Honduras would lose all reason to exist.
Soto Cano is home to the Bravo Joint Task Force, comprised of the 612th Air Base Squadron, Joint Staff, Army Battalion, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment. It houses approximately 500 military personnel and 500 civilian personnel.
“JTF-Bravo conducts missions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean that range from supporting U.S. government operations, countering transnational organized crime, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions to partner capacity building. “We are implementing the following,” the website states. “By successfully completing these missions with the support of all units, JTF-Bravo is able to promote security throughout the region.”
As of August, the base employed 80 foreign nationals, many if not all of them Honduran. About half have worked at the base for decades. One employee has worked there for all but three years since it was founded in 1983.
If Castro closes the base, these employees will lose their jobs.
Furthermore, Honduras also has welfare issues.
In fiscal year 2023, it received $194 million in foreign aid from the United States, and in fiscal year 2022, it received $204.7 million.
For the past few years:
Total since 2017: Over $1 billion.
Honduras criminal
One reason Castro doesn't want Hondurans to return is the nearly 600,000 Hondurans encountered by Border Patrol agents on the southwest border since fiscal year 2022. A significant number are likely dangerous criminals, possibly on the run from Honduran police.
Unfortunately, President Biden has released many of those illegal aliens into the interior. One of them is 19-year-old Angel Matias Castellanos Orellana, who, despite his lofty name, is not part of Honduran royalty.
Rather, police allege Castellanos-Orellana carried out a 25-day terrorist campaign in Louisiana that included raping a 14-year-old girl and stabbing a 62-year-old man.
After his arrest, the House Judiciary Committee obtained his illegal immigration records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
(O) On October 6, 2023, Honduran national Angel Matias Castellanos Orellana was encountered by Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas. Despite the fact that the foreign national “insisted that he was not at risk of being deported to his home country,” Castellanos-Orellana went to immigration court under an expiring “release on his own recognizance order.” He was released with a notice to appear in court. Due to “lack of space,” he has been directed to report to ICE Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) in New Orleans on November 7, 2023. However, DHS' own data showed that authorities had the ability to detain Mr. Castellanos-Orellana before he was released. His criminal A file also showed that he had no criminal history.
And Castellanos Orellana is not the only dangerous Honduran that Biden has released into the country. The other is Yerry Noel Medina Ulloa, who was convicted in 2023 of second-degree murder in the death of a 46-year-old man in Florida. Biden went free with the killings after providing border officials with a false name.
No wonder Castro doesn't want his compatriots back. Biden has undoubtedly released thousands of such criminals from her hands.
Mexico
Mr. Castro is not alone in his opposition to Mr. Trump. Mexico also wants a fight.
As The New American reported last week, Mexico's Foreign Secretary Juan Ramon de la Fuente has announced plans to create a smartphone application that would allow undocumented Mexican immigrants scheduled for deportation to hire a lawyer. Announced.
“I have personally attended several public meetings where the important message is to tell our fellow citizens that they are not alone and will not be alone.” Mr. de la Fuente said. Axios reported:
De la Fuente said Mexico's Know Your Rights program is part of a rapid response to possible enforcement scenarios and “other coercive actions.”
He said Mexico's legal protection program includes 329 legal advisers in all 53 consulates in the United States, as well as voluntary support from consultants and law firms across the country.
Still, Mexico has prepared 25 shelters to house deportees, a sign that it is taking President Trump's threat of mass deportations seriously.
Meanwhile, President Trump has repeatedly stated that he will round up all illegal immigrants in the country and deport them. And he has promised to use local police and military if necessary to do so.
This has prompted vows of resistance from countless areas, including Denver, Boston, and San Diego counties. Denver's far-left Mayor Mike Johnston said police and “50,000 Denver residents” would stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from deporting illegal aliens.
Incoming border czar Thomas Homan warned authorities to read federal laws against harboring illegal aliens.
