"Each person who received such a ruling has 30 days to appeal it. The rulings, immigration attorneys said, open the door for hundreds more immigrants across the Bay Area to be sent to countries like Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda, which have agreements with the United States to take asylum-seekers. They can theoretically continue applying for asylum from there, but that would be up to the host government."
"One mother, who appeared beside her husband, tearfully accepted the news that Judge Patrick O'Brien had granted the Department of Homeland Security's motion to send her family to Honduras. Technically, this is called a pretermit. At the hearing, she stood before O'Brien with only her husband as her two teenage sons were in school. All will be sent to Honduras if they are unable to successfully appeal the motion."
"Jorge Ramirez, an asylum-seeker from South America in court on Thursday, received a 30-day reprieve, but the possibility of being sent to Honduras lingers. "This situation has taken me by surprise," he said in Spanish. "I came here in fear of my life, escaping my country ... I came with trust in this country and understanding that it respects human rights.""
A San Francisco immigration judge ordered several asylum-seekers to be removed to Honduras, a country they have never visited. Each person has 30 days to appeal the decision. The rulings could lead to hundreds of immigrants across the Bay Area being sent to countries with agreements to accept asylum-seekers, such as Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda. Asylum applications could theoretically continue from those countries, subject to the host government's discretion. One family received a pretermit ruling and could be sent if appeals fail. Bay Area attorneys are preparing mass responses using pre-written templates.
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