South Florida school teacher was applying for asylum when he was deported to Honduras
Since his deportation on Feb. 6, former South Florida teacher and asylum seeker Wualner Sauceda now lives with relatives in Honduras in a remote, rural area with dirt roads and no running water.
From the small living room, in a house tucked away in a tiny and remote Honduran village, Wualner Sauceda recalled what it was like to be deported from the United States.
Sauceda, 24, was a rookie science teacher at Palms Spring Middle School in Hialeah, a city in South Florida, when he was detained in early January and deported a month later.
“I applied for asylum and that application process took several years,” Sauceda said.
His asylum application was eventually denied, and his appeal didn’t go anywhere, he told NBC6 in Miami during an exclusive two-part interview.
So he was looking for other legal pathways to remain in the country.
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