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Today — 9 September 2025Main stream

Deportation Fears Are Fueling Money Transfers to Latin America

9 September 2025 at 01:02
Money transfers to Guatemala, Honduras and other nations have increased in recent months, totaling billions of dollars. Undocumented migrants in the United States say they are sending money to relatives while they can.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Julio Fuentes, a 35-year-old undocumented migrant from Guatemala, sent a large chunk of his savings to his bank account in Guatemala this year — fearing both deportation and a new tax on remittances.
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