Hundreds of immigrants deported by the US return to Guatemala and Honduras: Family members hug as they arrive back in their homeland, while a father shows off his baby daughter's tiny shoes after they were separated in Texas

  • Pictures show migrants who tried to enter the United States arriving back in their homeland disappointed 
  • 238 Hondurans and 108 Guatemalans were sent home as Trump's immigration crackdown continues 
  • Ever Sierra, 28, showed off shoes owned by his baby daughter, who he left behind with her mother  
  • Other migrants from central America are shown in Texas being assisted after ICE released them 
  • Trump signed  executive order this week ending practice of separating families 

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Illegal immigrants deported from the United States have been arriving back in Guatemala and Honduras this week in the wake of Trump's order to keep immigrant families together.

Pictures show migrants hugging as the Ramon Villeda Morales airport, in San Pedro Sula, 125 miles north of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, after being sent home from America.

A total of 238 Honduran citizens have been deported in the midst of a crack down by the administration.

They said they returned home with their hands, feet and waist chained.  

Honduran immigrant Ever Sierra, 28, showed off two little shoes that belong to his baby-girl, after being deported from the US and arriving in San Pedro Sula. 

Ever, was separated form his wife, Iris Yaneth, 26, and their eight-month daughter to be locked up in a detention center in McAllen, Texas, and then in Louisiana before being deported. 

An Honduran immigrant is received by his family at the Ramon Villeda Morales airport, in San Pedro Sula. 238 Honduran citizens deported from the US arrived on Friday back to their country. According to their testimony they travelled hand, foot and waist chained

An Honduran immigrant is received by his family at the Ramon Villeda Morales airport, in San Pedro Sula. 238 Honduran citizens deported from the US arrived on Friday back to their country. According to their testimony they travelled hand, foot and waist chained

Honduran immigrant Ever Sierra, 28, shows two little shoes that belong to his baby-girl, after being deported from the US and arriving in San Pedro Sula. Ever, was separated form his wife, Iris Yaneth, 26, and their eight-month daughter to be locked up in a detention center in McAllen, Texas, US and then in Louisiana before being deported

Honduran immigrant Ever Sierra, 28, shows two little shoes that belong to his baby-girl, after being deported from the US and arriving in San Pedro Sula. Ever, was separated form his wife, Iris Yaneth, 26, and their eight-month daughter to be locked up in a detention center in McAllen, Texas, US and then in Louisiana before being deported

An Honduran immigrant is received by his family at the Ramon Villeda Morales airport after being deported from the US

An Honduran immigrant is received by his family at the Ramon Villeda Morales airport after being deported from the US

President Trump signed an executive order this week halting the practice of separating immigrant children from their parents as part of his zero-tolerance policy for those who enter the United States illegally. 

A group of 108 Guatemalan immigrants, who were deported after they tried to cross illegally into the United States, arrived at an air force base in Guatemala City. 

Meanwhile dozens of women and their children, many from Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador, arrived at a bus station following release from Customs and Border Protection in McAllen.

In all, about 9,000 immigrants traveling in family groups have been caught on the border in each of the last three months, according to federal authorities.

The Navy has developed a plan to build and operate 'temporary and austere' tent cities, including several in Alabama that would hold 25,000 people each.

The plans anticipate a request by the Department of Homeland Security, which has been implementing the Trump Administration's 'zero tolerance' immigration policy at the border

Guatemalan immigrants deported from the United States, get on a bus as they leave the and air force base in Guatemala City

Guatemalan immigrants deported from the United States, get on a bus as they leave the and air force base in Guatemala City

Some of the group of 108 Guatemalan immigrants who were deported after their arrival back in their homeland 

Some of the group of 108 Guatemalan immigrants who were deported after their arrival back in their homeland 

A woman on crutches inside the air force base in Guatemala City 

A woman on crutches inside the air force base in Guatemala City 

Once families and individuals are released and given a court hearing date some are brought to the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center.

After releasing them from huge Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deposits immigrants at the nearby bus station, where staff greet them.

At the center they are given the chance to rest, wash and eat and to get guidance to their next destination.

The respite center was set up by Sister Norma Pimentel, who for the last 15 years has been the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.

The 64-year-old first opened the shelter at the nearby Sacred Heart Catholic Church in 2014, during the surge of unaccompanied Central American children across the border.

After running out of room there it began renting space at a storefront a few blocks away.

 Dozens of women and their children from Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador, arrive at a bus station following release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention 

 Dozens of women and their children from Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador, arrive at a bus station following release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention 

ICE regularly drops off detainees at a bus station in McAllen, Texas after it releases them from its detention centre in the city 

ICE regularly drops off detainees at a bus station in McAllen, Texas after it releases them from its detention centre in the city 

The migrants are cared for by the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center as they await a court hearing to decide their fate 

The migrants are cared for by the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center as they await a court hearing to decide their fate 

The center is about the size of a modest daycare and the organization is hoping to raise $3 million for a permanent home in McAllen.

'We speculate that one of the reasons we're still receiving people is because they don't have the capacity to hold them,' spokeswoman Brenda Riojas, told The Atlantic.

In an abrupt U-turn on his own administration's policy, the President directed the Department of Homeland Security to detain families together so long as children are not put into danger.

'I didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated,' the president on Wednesday stated.

President Trump indicated that lobbying from his daughter Ivanka, who showed him pictures of the caged and kenneled children, and wife Melania had caused him to have a change in position.