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.
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.
(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City and Laura Gottesdiener in Saltillo; Editing by Christian Plumb and Suzanne Goldenberg)
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