What Hondurans In The U.S. Can Expect When They're Deported
Trump has ended temporary protected status for nearly 60,000 Hondurans. A Honduran who was deported 18 years ago gives them a preview of what life will be like when they return.
by Jason Beaubien
May 10, 2018
3 minutes
U.S. immigration officials view Harold James Tatum as a Honduran but Tatum views himself as a New Yorker. Tatum was deported to Honduras 18 years ago but he says he's never really gotten used to it.
"I don't even know the national anthem of this country," says Tatum, sitting behind a table selling jewelry near the beach in Tela on Honduras' Caribbean coast.
"I feel like I'm more American than I am Hondureñan because everything that I do is American, you know."
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