US is seeing the citizens of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, especially children from Latin America crossing the border. A lot of stories can be heard from these immigrants who have escaped from their deadly countries due to unemployment, poverty, gang violence and other forces. Families have been shattered, and members have been forced to take the drastic decision of shifting themselves to a safer country like the USA. But at the back of their minds they are always wanting to go back to their own country, worried what will happen to their homeland, where they want to live, work and raise their children.
Decades ago these countries were free from the current forms of violence, murder etc., but today, with the help of US aid programs that help rebuild the institutions, eradicate drug production and expand their social protection, Colombia and other Central America countries have undergone some serious turnaround. Though violence and crime have dropped down, investments are pouring in, boosting their economy and the young migrants no longer wish to migrate anymore.
Presidents of Central America’s Northern Triangle nations are calling for a comparably ambitious joint effort that would combine foreign aid and local resources to attack the root causes of the immigration crisis. Illegal immigration can be mitigated by this joint effort, legal immigrants can be entertained; they are the need of the hour in the US.
This plan could work and it would be beneficial if Central America looks at priorities of providing jobs, better education and health care and stringent laws to end the violence.
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