The United States has ended federal protections shielding thousands of migrants from Nicaragua and Honduras from deportation, angering immigration and civil rights advocacy groups.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans living in the United States, according to U.S. government notices posted on Monday,

The decision by the Homeland Security Department to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

The Trump administration is moving to finally end temporary deportation protections for thousands of foreign nationals. The Department of Homeland

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S., according to U.S. government notices posted on Monday, part of a broad effort by President Donald Trump to strip legal status from migrants.

The Department of Homeland Security said it has revoked temporary protective status from people from the two Central American nations who were allowed to stay in the U.S. after a devastating

Tens of thousands of Nicaraguan and Honduran immigrants who were previously shielded from deportation could soon become more vulnerable as the Trump administration rolls back legal protections for both groups.

The "big, beautiful bill" signed into law​ by President Trump last week will allow him to dramatically expand his immigration crackdown.

Temporary legal status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans to emigrate and receive work permits grew out of Washington’s humanitarian response to Hurricane Mitch, which struck both countries in

The Trump administration insists conditions have improved enough in Honduras and Nicaragua to send migrants protected from deportation back to those countries — but those groups disagree and argue it's wrong to return them after so many years in the U.

The Trump administration said Monday it will soon revoke the legal immigration status of more than 70,000 immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua.