Mexico warns migration will not slow without more U.S. investment in Central America | Reuters

"Without this investment, if the United States does not support Central America, it's very hard to think that the migration flows that are happening will diminish," Ebrard added...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-idUSKBN2H32E1

The Truth About the U.S. Border-Industrial Complex | Robert Reich

A desperate combination of factors are driving migrants and asylum seekers to our southern border, from Central America in particular: deep economic inequality, corruption, and high rates of poverty, as well as violence and instability tied to historic U.S. support for brutal authoritarian regimes, right-wing paramilitary groups, and corporate interests in Latin America. In other words, the United States is very much part of the root of this problem.
https://youtu.be/4PwU-TmwPSM

US-made guns are ripping Central America apart and driving migration north | Arms trade | The Guardian

An iron river of illegal guns flows from the US to Mexico, Central America, and across the hemisphere...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/us-made-guns-central-america-migration

How climate change is driving emigration from Central America - The Conversation US

Poverty and violence are often cited as the reasons people emigrate from Central America, but factors such as drought, exacerbated by climate change, are driving people to leave too....
https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-is-driving-emigration-from-central-america-121525

Majority of Americans Support Allowing Central American Refugees Into U.S. - Newsweek

As the Trump administration seeks to cut down on legal immigration, a new poll shows that a growing majority of Americans support allowing Central American refugees into the United States. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/majority-americans-support-allowing-refugees-united-states-1454020

Central American Farmers Head to the U.S., Fleeing Climate Change

The farmer stood in his patch of forlorn coffee plants, their leaves sick and wilted, the next harvest in doubt. Last year, two of his brothers and a sister, desperate to find a better way to survive, abandoned their small coffee farms in this mountainous part of Honduras and migrated north, eventually sneaking into the United States.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/world/americas/coffee-climate-change-migration.html

‘Someone Is Always Trying to Kill You’

The murder of Sherill Yubissa Hernandez Mancia explains why Central American women are fleeing north.....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/05/opinion/honduras-women-murders.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Chronicling the Reasons Central Americans Migrate to the United States

For half a decade, Fred Ramos has photographed the longstanding political, social and environmental crises that are driving migration in the region...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/lens/central-americans-migrate-united-states.html

Rep. Ilhan Omar Grills Elliott Abrams on Support for Central American Genocide

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) of Minnesota presented Elliott Abrams with uncomfortable facts about his past illegal activities and asked him whether he would pursue similar human rights violating policies against Venezuela as he did against Latin America in the 1980's.....
https://youtu.be/x9ma9UamOGE

Mexico Plans to Scare Donald Trump About China Threat as Part of Strategy to Get What They Want From U.S. President - Newsweek

The administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to remind President Donald Trump that it's in Washington's best interest to help Central America financially—otherwise, Beijing may wield more power in the region. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mexico-china-scare-threat-strategy-central-america-1262178

How a Climate Change-Fueled Drought & U.S.-Fed Violence Are Driving Thousands from Central America

President Trump is urging Mexico to deport the thousands of Central American migrants who are at or approaching the U.S. border in an attempt to seek asylum, days after U.S. border authorities fired tear gas into a crowd of asylum seekers as some tried to push their way through the heavily militarized border near San Diego. Trump tweeted, “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are NOT coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the WALL!” This comes just days before Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sworn in as Mexico’s new president. López Obrador’s incoming government has denied it made any deal with the Trump administration to force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their U.S. asylum claims are processed. We speak with John Carlos Frey, Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and PBS NewsHour special correspondent. He recently returned from reporting trips in Guatemala, Mexico City and Tijuana, where he was documenting the migrant caravan.....
https://youtu.be/7rOPQ0DIkCQ

Jeff Sessions is crafting a plan that would essentially end asylum for Central American refugees - Raw Story

The Department of Justice is drafting a plan that would bar refugees from getting asylum if they came into the U.S. between ports of entry and were prosecuted for illegal entry, reported Vox. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/jeff-sessions-crafting-plan-essentially-end-asylum-central-american-refugees/

Central Americans flee homes in record numbers: 'The level of violence is brutal' - the guardian

The UN has reported an alarming spike in the number of asylum seekers and refugees fleeing violence and persecution in Central America, urging the international community to take steps to meet the region's "huge" needs. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/22/central-americans-refugees-asylum-seekers-violence

Jeff Sessions' questionable claim that DACA helped cause spike in minors at border | PolitiFact

Speaking from prepared remarks at the Justice Department, Sessions said that DACA, "among other things, contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border that yielded terrible humanitarian consequences."

Did DACA really help spawn the surge of minors from Central America? Based on statistical patterns and consultation with experts, we find the evidence to be weak.....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/sep/05/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-questionable-claim-daca-helped-cause/

Trump Plans To Deport Anyone Caught Crossing Southern Border To Mexico, Regardless of Nationality

The idea is part of a raft of immigration proposals signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that are likely to spur international and legal challenges....
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-plan-deport-anyone-crossing-mexican-border-regardless-of-nationality