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Can Mexico succeed in stopping Central American migration? What if it can't?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 10, 2019
Mexico pledged to disrupt human smuggling networks and patrol its own borders more closely.
People climb a section of border fence to look toward supporters in the U.S. as members of a caravan of Central American asylum seekers arrive to a rally on April 29, 2018 in Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico.
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U.S. cuts aid to Central America over immigration; critics say that will backfire

by Andy Uhler
Apr 1, 2019
In an effort to slow the flow of Central America migrants into the U.S., President Trump said he’s cutting direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The U.S. sends money to those countries to help them combat drug trafficking, gang…
Honduran migrants leave the Metropolitan Center of San Pedro Sula, 300 kms north of Tegucigalpa, to travel to the Guatemala border.
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Immigrant workers help save Wisconsin dairy farms

by Zoe Sullivan
Nov 11, 2015
Mexican and Central American immigrants are a large share of the workers on Wisconsin dairy farms.
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