El Salvadoran migration to the US
An article summarizing some causes of El Salvadoran migration to the US
Continue reading →An article summarizing some causes of El Salvadoran migration to the US
Continue reading →Another article about reasons people leave
Continue reading →Social spending, remittances and migration. An description of how these countries could afford more on social issues, but remittances are much more profitable. A second Honduras article describing the situation Some general facts related to Honduras Finally a general article … Continue reading →
The following image seems to have gone viral. The story as I understand it is also rather sad. A family with father, mother and two year old left El Salvador in search of a better life. They arrived in Matamoros … Continue reading →
Impunity is a measure of the percent of crimes that are not prosecuted, either directly as a percentage or as an index One of the factors affecting immigration is whether the rule of law exists. In cases of crime or … Continue reading →
A huge part of the migration America is seeing at its southern border is because of the falling price of coffee A different article from Time, that also includes devalued peso
Continue reading →As suggested earlier, the Trump administration is cutting aid to northern triangle countries. Congress may not go along.
Continue reading →As the US pushes policies like “remain in Mexico”, there is a separate question of how Mexico’s apprehension, asylum and deportation rates change – and indirectly if any of this might affect stability of Mexico. The following article suggests deportations … Continue reading →
After a spike in migrant deaths, the border patrol has maintained rescue beacons in the Arizona desert for nearly thirty years However, humanitarian groups such as “No More Deaths” says this is insufficient and have provided assistance. They have been … Continue reading →
CPB tells us of ~10,000 arrivals this past week in the Rio Grande Valley including ~2,400 near Roma. Temperatures are rising so will be interesting to see if this falls off with summer heat.
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