Migration from northern Central America has been ongoing for years due to several deeply entrenched and compounding problems. Climate change, however, is currently on the minds of the Biden-Harris administration. While climate change necessitates a complex response, the administration could implement three steps today that could address the issue in the region. Northern Central America […]
Violence, lack of food, corruption, and poor governance intersect to drive migrants from Central America to the United States. These are compounded by Covid-19 and the November 2020 hurricanes. When people feel safer and more food secure, and have confidence in their governments to function effectively and fairly, the level of migration will decrease. This […]
The migrant surge at the Southern border — and the outrage the headlines generate— is understandable. As of late March, over 600 unaccompanied minors were, on average, detained at the US-Mexico border each day. In less than a month — from February 28 to March 20 — Border Patrol had apprehended over 11,000 minors. In […]
The surge of migrants coming from Mexico and Central America through the southern border poses a continuing challenge to the wellbeing and sovereignty of the United States. It cannot be ignored and needs to be tamed, especially since it is likely that the exodus will keep growing as our COVID-19 pandemic eases, and our job […]
Daily news stories chronicle the number of people—many of them children or families—trying to get across the US southwest border. It’s a compelling and all-too-human story, but it’s hardly a new one. We’ve seen a steady march of Central Americans heading to the US border since 2012, almost a decade, with large surges in 2014, […]
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It’s Time to Solve the Real Crisis at the Border
/in Central American Migration Crisis /by Gloria Story DittusWe have seen a surge of migrants at the southern border this year, but the crisis at our borders has been around for decades. In fact, migration from Central America because of rising instability in the region goes back to the 1980s. Since then, we have continued to see a surge of migrants at the […]