US Expands Migration Eligibility for Some Central American Minors

WASHINGTON - The State Department and Department of Homeland Security announced this week that they are expanding eligibility for legal migration to the U.S. for some minors from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

The Central American Minors (CAM) program allows immigrant parents or U.S.-based guardians with legal status in the country to petition for their children's resettlement in the U.S. The Biden administration restarted the program in March after a four-year halt. CAM’s first phase was centered on working through thousands of applications and cases that had been suspended when the Trump administration ended the program in 2017. The second phase will allow new petitions to be filed.