1/4/2024 Mexican and Central American Immigrant Rights; Local Justice Struggles in a Global CityRead NowThousands of Central American families like Cinthia’s are immigrating to the United States for similar reasons. earlier and was able to start a construction company in South Carolina, working hard to provide Cinthia’s family with a higher standard of living and better access to education than in Honduras. Cinthia’s father, previously a farmer in rural Honduras, had immigrated to the U.S. Yet, these measures do not address the reasons why Central Americans are leaving their countries.Ĭinthia Zavala Ramos, a junior at Yale College, immigrated to the United States from Honduras in 2005. government has pressured Mexico to limit Central Americans entering through Mexico’s border with Guatemala-effectively extending border security from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Mexico-Guatemala border through what is known as border externalization. In response to this influx of Central American migrants, the U.S. has historically targeted Mexicans, there has been a shift toward marginalizing Central Americans, reflecting the rapidly rising number of immigrants from the Northern Triangle over the past twenty years. While anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. Government policies will never change the fact that seeking a better life for oneself and one’s family is a human endeavor, rather than the polarizing political issue it has become in the United States. Deterrence, however, is not an effective policy strategy to stop migrants and only makes their journey longer and more dangerous. government has been placing significant pressure on the governments of Mexico and Central America-most notably Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, collectively known as “The Northern Triangle”-to deter migrants from immigrating to the United States. The issue of Latin American immigration is more politicized than ever in the United States, especially with the 2020 election around the corner. Featured image: Aerial view of a Honduran migrant caravan heading to the US, on the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge.īorders may strengthen, but they will never be as strong as the hope of immigrants in search of greater opportunities.
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