US mulling refugee status for Honduran children as Obama meets with C. American leaders

Honduran children have meals at the Todo por ellos (All for them) immigrant shelter in Tapachula, Chiapas, in southern Mexico. (Reuters /  Jorge Lopez)

The #Obama administration is considering a plan that would grant refugee status in the #UnitedStates to Honduran children and young adults without having to travel the dangerous land journey through #Mexico.The proposal, if approved, would call for the screening of thousands of Honduran youth to see whether they qualify as a refugee or if they could enter the US on emergency humanitarian conditions.The plan would be akin to previous refugee efforts during humanitarian crises in the likes of Haiti or Vietnam, the #NewYork Times reported.