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At least 4,500 Honduran migrants pushed past police and crossed into Guatemala Friday night, passing the first hurdle of a journey north they hope will take them to a better life in the United States.

The legislative proposal, which is scheduled to be sent to Congress on Wednesday, also bears a key focus on addressing the root causes of migration from Central America.

A caravan of almost 8,000 migrants, mostly from Honduras, was broken up by Tuesday in Guatemala Migrants were bussed from the village of Vado Hondo, where they clashed with Guatemala security forces during weekend and Monday, and dropped off at the El Florido border crossing  The migrants left Honduras on Thursday and were able to march into Guatemala where they clashed with security forces blocking their path to Mexico The migrants were seeking passage into Mexico to continue their journey to...

5:44 AM MYT TEGUCIGALPA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Hondurans, who were part of a migrant caravan headed north to the U.S. border, were returning home after the caravan met with resistance from authorities and fell apart in Guatemala, the Honduran government said on Tuesday. The caravan fell apart on Sunday when authorities in Vado Hondo, in the eastern Guatemalan department of Chiquimula, used tear gas to prevent its progress north, Honduras deputy foreign affairs minister for consu...

While the Mexican government militarized its borders, Guatemalan security forces on Monday cleared a road of hundreds of people in a mostly Honduran migrant caravan that had camped out overnight when authorities barred it from advancing toward the United States.

Guatemala returns thousands of migrants to Honduras

President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly send an immigration reform bill to Congress on Wednesday.

Guatemala on Tuesday pressed on with transporting migrants back to the border with Honduras, further thinning out a U.S.-bound caravan that was halted by security forces at the weekend.

By Luis EcheverriaEL FLORIDO, Guatemala, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Guatemala said on Tuesday it was pressing on with transporting migrants back to the border with...

Some in Migrant Caravan Carry Fake COVID-19 Test Results, Say Guatemalan Officials 19 Jan 2021 Guatemalan officials report that some of the migrants in this weekend’s caravan carried fake COVID-19 test results. Others actually tested positive for the potentially deadly virus. Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Secretary Pedro Brolo Vila told reporters that some of the thousands of migrants who violently crossed their border from Honduras over the weekend are carrying fake COVID-19 test results indica...