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Hondurans flee violence, then are deported by US to face more, Human Rights Watch charges

by Pamela Constable

Adults who flee gang violence in Honduras and reach the U.S. border illegally are being swiftly screened and deported back to dangerous conditions without adequate opportunity to explain why they fear being sent home, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch charged in a report released early Thursday.

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