
Hurricane Mitch causes extreme damage in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua in 1998. — Joel Robine/AFP/Getty Images
1998
Hurricane Mitch's devastation of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua causes thousands of Central Americans to take refuge in the United States. Many of them acquire Temporary Protection Status, which allows them to live and work here legally.











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