So when Banegas fled gang threats in Honduras once more in 2021, he set his sights not on the United States, but Mexico.
He gets along with his Mexican coworkers, he said, and he's proud his six-month-old son, David, is a Mexican citizen.
'VERY SOLID OPTION'A decade ago, a few hundred people annually received asylum in Mexico.
The vast majority of migrants who enter Mexico continue north toward the U.S., posing challenges for the Biden administration.
U.S., Mexican and U.N. officials have called for regional cooperation to help migrants resettle in places such as Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia, aiming to reduce illegal migration to the U.S.
Persons:
Walter Banegas, Daniel Becerril, Banegas, Long, he's, David, Biden, Giovanni Lepri, Arturo Rocha, Jose Medina Mora, Fernando Hernandez, Kaitlyn, Hernandez, Daina Beth Solomon, Laura Gottesdiener, Christian Plumb, Suzanne Goldenberg
Organizations:
Pace, REUTERS, Rights, United, Pace Industries, UNHCR, U.S, ASK, Thomson
Locations:
Honduras, Mexico, Saltillo , Mexico, Rights SALTILLO, Mexican, Saltillo, Honduran, United States, United Nations, Michigan, U.S, Haiti, Venezuela, El Salvador, Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Texas, Monterrey, Chang's, Mexico City