Honduran President Xiomara Castro threatened President-elect Donald Trump during her New Year’s address that if he moves forward with his plan to implement mass deportations of illegal immigrants, including Hondurans, she will expel U.S. military bases from the country.
“Faced with a hostile attitude of mass expulsion of our brothers, we would have to consider a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena, where, without paying a cent for decades,” said President Castro.
“They maintain military bases in our territory, which in this case would lose all reason to exist in Honduras,” she added.
According to Honduran government data reviewed by Newsweek, approximately two million Honduran immigrants are living and working in the U.S.
Based on separate 2019 data, 46.9 percent of Hondurans in the US are facing “irregular” immigration status, meaning they are in the country illegally.
That number came before President Joe Biden oversaw a historic surge of illegal immigration into the U.S.
Data is scarce and often conflicting regarding the exact number of U.S. military bases in Honduras.
One source, The Gun Zone, claims that there is only one U.S. base in the country, the Soto Cano Air Base.
The Mexican Center for International Relations believes that there are nine, including bases technically operated by the Honduran military but with U.S. military personnel stationed there.
Trump’s promise to carry out mass deportations has angered many on the left, who often claim that the immigrants in the U.S. illegally provide untold benefits to the nation.
Interestingly, the home nations of those illegal immigrants often try to refuse to take back the immigrants, allegedly strengthening the U.S.
President-elect Trump did not respond to Castro’s threats, and has not indicated that they will make him reconsider his stance on deportations.
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Ship the ALL the military hardware back home . Burn the buildings to the ground . Leave nothing .
DONT EVER SEND THEM ANOTHER DIME IN FOREIGN AID . Screw Honduras ..
It’s just another third world shit hole country that needs us more than we need them .
If they won’t let the our planes land to return the illegals , just fly over and push them out the door .
Make America Great Again .
SCREW HONDURAS .
Good!
Get them a F… out of here!!!!!
The bases are the only reason the chinese haven’t moved in yet so go ahead and close the base, hope you like fish head stew and communism.
Lol, like Honduras can afford to loose all the money the US sends them.
” approximately two million Honduran immigrants are living and working in the U.S.” and sending much of the money they make here back to their relatives in Honduras. The activities of the base and money spent by base operations and the men stationed there are a bit support for the Honduran economy. Think someone needs to tell this woman to look in the mirror before she cuts off her nose to spite her face.
Time to tax all the money being sent home by the illegals, I would start at 75%. And since democrats love taxes it should not be a problem.
She and what army are going to expel our military?
Well, f*** her. I hope Mr Trump remembers her offer, but I don’t think we need to take over that s*** hole country.
Stop all foreign aid. Remove equipment and troops. Dismantle buildings. They need us more than we need them.
Of course she doesn’t want her uneducated poor back in her country nor the prisoners she released with the stipulation that they leave the country.
This is nothing but saber rattling, Sanctions on that govt would destroy her comfortable position in their government. I imagine that base has a huge impact on their local economy. I say call her bluff and let the chips lay where they fall.
Perfect! USA has 800 military bases in 190 countries. US is a global bully.
Kick out the foreigners and shut down an unnecessary base.
I am of the opin that she got a phone call from Bejing/Putin…. Bet on it. Democraps have ignored the Munroe Doctrine and both enemies have a good foot in the door, south of our boarder. However, I am confident that Trump is well aware of all of this.
FAFO
Spent much on the 1980s running around El Salvador and Honduras as a member of an Army Taskforce fighting the communists, err training Honduran’s and Salvadorans to fight for their own freedom and they are useless, untrainable brigands. FYI before you call me a racist, I have been married to a Mexican national for over 30 years and even her Mexicans relatives hate Hondurans and Guatemalan’s because they are not civilized. I am 100 percent in favor of Monroe doctrine and we need to kick that ass and get China out of our hemisphere before it’s too late. The old domino theory is real South Korea is falling to a CCP inspired color revolution now, central America is already owned by the CCP, China is building the worlds largest port in Mexico right now and control 80% of all ports in South America already wake up