Honduran Immigration Research Paper
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Box 2.4 The changing profile of Honduran immigrants to the United States
The first significant wave of Honduran migrants to the United States left in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in 1998. After the hurricane devastated much of the country Honduran immigrants were granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the US government, granting them work authorization and protection against deportation. Even though the TPS only applied to those arriving before the end of 1998, increasing numbers of Hondurans continued to migrate to the US. As a result, the majority of the Honduran-born population in the US is undocumented.
In recent years Honduran migrants become increasingly divergent in terms of their education and skill levels, revealing the