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Why are People Fleeing Central America?

July 16, 2019 7 tags

It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Crisis.

Right-Wing Climate Denial Is Being Replaced—by Nativism

The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees? Evangelicals.

Guatemalan mother begs soldier to let her and 6-year-old son enter U.S.

Refuge(e)

Central America’s Violent Northern Triangle

Why Are People Leaving Central America?

Chronicling the Reasons Central Americans Migrate to the United States

‘Someone Is Always Trying to Kill You’

Ecuador

There is a triple crisis in #Ecuador: An economic crisis, a health crisis and also a crisis that has been going on in the country that has to do with no investment, no attention at all to the rural sector. | @dallasnews @ajcorchado https://t.co/rtC7B0bNv1 #immigration
— Amb Antonio Garza (@aogarza) August 13, 2021

El Salvador

El Salvador: Civil War, Natural Disasters, and Gang Violence Drive Migration

With violence at their backs, a new migrant caravan heads north

U.S. officials said aid to El Salvador helped slow migration. Now Trump is canceling it.

Fleeing a hell the US helped create: why Central Americans journey north

Some dirty words (Samantha Bee):

Honduras

The drought has pushed many Hondurans leave the countryside to either find work in the cities or take the dangerous migration route north to the United States, which exposes them to both organized crime and state violence. https://t.co/qs6nUxHuDn
— The Nation (@thenation) November 8, 2021

Crime and Corruption in Honduras Fuels Migration

‘Either They Kill Us or We Kill Them’

Why families by the thousands are fleeing Honduras for the U.S

I Live in Honduras, Where People Are in Constant Fear of Being Murdered. It’s No Wonder They Join Caravans

Guatemala

A dangerous red flower is driving record numbers of migrants to flee Guatemala

Trump Froze Aid To Guatemala. Now Programs Are Shutting Down

Opinion: I Walked Through The Desert To Make It To America. Then They Took Me To The Icebox.

‘There Is Nothing For Us Here’: Why People Keep Leaving Guatemala

Why Are So Many Migrants Leaving Guatemala? A Crisis in the Coffee Industry Is One Reason

Poverty, unemployment, violence drive Guatemalan emigration

Tags: Asylum El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Immigrants Immigration Refugees

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This is Must Watch! House Hearing on Border Separation Policy

July 12, 2019 5 tags

Twitter Shares House Oversight Hearing on Border Child Separation Policy The testimony of Jennifer Costello, Ann Maxwell and Elora Mukherje is must watch! Zero tolerance may be over, but migrant

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DACA – Dreamers with … a Dream

November 12, 2019 2 tags

Twitter Shares What ending DACA could cost the U.S. economy What happens to DACA holders if the Supreme Court allows Trump to end the program? Why the legal issue at

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Abbott, DeSantis and GOP are taking a page out of the old tried and true Racist Playbook

September 18, 2022 3 tags

Twitter Shares Remind me again which party is Pro-Life? This is sad: A twitter thread: Sad: Not the Christian thing to do: More migrants dropped off outside VP Kamala Harris’

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