Hello again, hello again. Alright, so with a little research, it pays off when you find amazing things. Today, in a magazine, I found an article that was exactly what I was looking for. It's titled "The origins of the border crisis" and is in The Week. Right now, immigration is a huge headline, with many countries in Central America having serious issues. Some of the countries are El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Honduras was discussed in my last artifact, and just in that article you can have a sneak peek at how bad things are getting in those countries.
So what's happening there? Well, gangs have started to take over many cities in those countries, making lots of the countries a horrible place to live. People are being killed, or raped, or tortured at will. "For many people, it's flee or die." A lot of families are having to pay to have protection, but not even that works always. So that's where immigration is coming in. Over 57,000 kids are showing up at the Mexico/U.S border, sent by their parents to live a better, danger free life.
The gangs and the violence came from America, from people who were deported. The reason people were being deported was because an immigration law set in the 1990s stated that any non citizens, even people who had green cards and have been in the United States for a long time, will be deported if they ever committed a crime.
So what is happening to the children now? Not a lot. The Obama Administration has asked Congress for 3.7 billion dollars to help and house the children temporarily, and to hire more immigration officers to process the requests to stay.
With all the violence happening in Central America, immigration levels are rising with parents and families terrified for their children's safety.
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