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ADVISORY: Chair Adriano Espaillat and Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Convene Roundtable to Urge Extension of TPS for Honduras as July 5 Deadline Looms

June 24, 2025
Immigration

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Washington, D.C. – The deadline to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras is just days away with a July 5th deadline. More than 70,000 Honduran nationals–most of whom have called the United States home for more than 25 years–are facing imminent loss of legal status and the threat of mass deportation. The administration’s refusal to renew TPS comes amid their broader crackdown on humanitarian protections, which puts tens of thousands of families that include U.S. citizens at risk of separation and exposes them to dangerous conditions in Honduras, where escalating violence, political instability, and repeated natural disasters have made safe return impossible. 

In response to the looming humanitarian crisis, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and other CHC members are convening a roundtable with the Embassy of Honduras, Honduran TPS recipients who are members of the National TPS Alliance, and union representatives, to urge the administration to extend the TPS designation for Honduras. The roundtable will highlight TPS recipients’ contributions to the U.S. economy and the devastating consequences of inaction–not only for Honduran families, but for American communities. Stakeholders supporting this roundtable include the National TPS Alliance, UnidosUS, Service Employers International Union (SEIU), CARECEN-LA, NDLON, MomsRising, FWD.us, the Immigration Hub and the Florida Immigration Coalition (FLIC). 

Over 94% of Hondurans are in the workforce, filling essential roles on the front lines of healthcare, construction, food service, and transportation. According to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Honduran nationals with TPS contribute over $1 billion in pre-tax wages or salary income annually and $10 billion over a decade. Their labor is not only a critical force to America’s economic stability but also to the resilience and well-being of communities nationwide. In a recent poll commissioned by the Immigration Hub, 61% of Americans, including 62% of Independents and nearly half of Republicans (49%), oppose stripping legal status from immigrants in the U.S. 

WHAT: CHC Roundtable on the Urgent Need to Extend of TPS for Honduras 

WHEN: Wednesday, June 25, 12:00–1:00pm EST

WHO:

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Whip of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Embassy of Honduras

Honduras TPS Recipients and Members of the National TPS Alliance 

SEIU Representative

WHERE: 1732 Longworth House Office Building

 

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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is 43 members strong. The CHC serves as a forum for the Hispanic Members of Congress to coalesce around a collective legislative agenda. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. For more information, please visit chc.house.gov. 

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