“Central America, Information on Migration of Unaccompanied Children from El Salvador,
Guatemala, and Honduras.” Report to Congressional Requesters. 2015. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgpr&AN=edsgpr.001011789&site=eds-live. Accessed Nov. 1, 2018.
This book highlights the rapid increase of migration ever since 2012. It claims that the primarily identified causes for the matter are violence, crime, and economic concerns also supported by educational concerns. The reporters provide an entry for each of the causes that explains why the migrants are actually driven to migrate in response to the issues.
“Five Myths about the Honduran Caravan Debunked.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News
Group, www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/five-myths-about-honduran-caravan-debunked-n922806.
In this article five major misconceptions regarding the Honduran caravan are cleared out. The second misconception says that criminals and unknown Middle Eastern are mixed in the caravan. This causes a lot of commotion in the American society making them believe that the caravan
has triggered a national emergency.
“Migrant Caravan: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?” BBC News, BBC, 25 Oct. 2018,
www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45951782. Accessed Oct. 27, 2018.
This article provides an entry to the actual reasons as to why the caravan is going on, some of them being persecution, poverty, violence, and government corruption. These people have been suffocated and intend to find better life opportunities, they are running away of the increasing murder rates in Honduras. However, it also portrays the challenges that this group of people will have to face. Police authorities throw tear gas, food and water are short supplies, there is little to no sanitation.
De La Torre, Miguel A. Trails of Hope and Terror: Testimonies on Immigration.
Orbis Books, 2009.
This book is a compilation of the testimonies of immigrants all around Latin America. The book is divided into different parts. It shows the reasons that lead people to migrate. In these testimonies, we hear from immigrants, immigrants’ family members, teachers, locals that are affected by immigration. A very interesting part in this book is the one involving causes. By presenting testimonies the author is able to show how the background of every immigrant is different, but it’s all leads to the same result, immigration. The book also describes the difficult journey the immigrants have or will go through. Each chapter concludes with a prayer, poem, or song that represents hope for the tragic that is immigration.
DeLuca, Lawrence A., et al. “United States–Mexico Border Crossing: Experiences and Risk
Perceptions of Undocumented Male Immigrants.” Springer Link, Springer US, 11 Oct. 2008, link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-008-9197-4#citeas. Accessed Nov. 5th, 2018.
The book talks about a qualitative research that took place by interviewing several males that had attempted to cross the border, risks were common ground between them all. There was also substantial concern for the family unit as both a source of inspiration and motivation. The family emerged as an additional at-risk unit due to the destabilization and financial strain of having one of its members leave to attempt to immigrate to the US for work. The data on the new areas of risk are corroborated by the Department of Emergency Medicine University of Arizona College.
Gonzalez, Yolanda., et al. (2018, October, 31) La caravana hondureña de migrantes, sus causas y
sus causantes. Retrieved from https://www.eldiario.es/desalambre/Caravana-hondurena-migrantes-causas-causantes_0_830817128.html.
This is an article published by an online Honduran newspaper. The article talks about mainly the causes the Caravan has, it mentions problems like poverty, violence, unemployment etc. Throughout the article statistics are mentioned and percentages of the people in the Caravan. It also talks about how the U.S. government’s comments about the immigrants being criminals are very stereotypical. It mentions how the people are fleeing from a lot of problems, but are also making a movement and rebelling against their government.
Holpuch, Amanda, and David Agren. “Where Is the Migrant Caravan from – and What Will
Happen to It at the Border?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 24 Oct. 2018, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/24/caravan-migrants-what-is-it-where-from-guatemala-honduras-immigrants-mexico Accessed Oct. 27, 2018.
There is an estimation that there might be close to 7,200 migrants in the caravan. All are Central Americans form Honduras (mostly), El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua with the exception for a few Mexicans that joined the massive movement. The main reason the migrants in the caravan claim to flee is because of the grinding poverty and the violent crime that daily endangers them.
Samuelson, Kate. “President Trump Threatens NAFTA and Foreign Aid to Honduras Over
Immigrant ‘Caravan.’” Time.Com, Apr. 2018, p. 1. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=128863576&lang=es&site=ehost-live. Accessed Nov. 5 2018
This article talks about the different problems that involve the “Honduran Caravan.” Honduras is a country where the help that the United States gives is very essential. It is visible in the article that Donald Trump is making a dangerous threat of taking away the economic help the U.S. gives to Honduras. He would do this as a consequence of the Honduran government not being able to stop the immigrants from moving forward. The article also briefly mentions how this decision could affect the whole country.
Wilson, H.W. Immigration: The Reference Shelf; v. 88, no.2. Grey House Publishing, 2016.
Accessed Nov. 2nd, 2018.
Most of these have been created by politicians and anti-immigration activists that have blamed foreigners for the increasing rates in crimes, believing that immigrants threaten the values and distinctiveness of the American Culture. It also includes several other more recent comments that Trump has made like those where he claims that he will remove part of the financial aid that is given to Honduras. These misconceptions should be cleared out and should not affect the construction of the migration policies.
Zatz, Marjorie Sue, and Nancy Rodriguez. Dreams and Nightmares: Immigration Policy, Youth,
and Families. University of California Press, 2015. Accessed Nov. 2nd, 2018.
Through this book Marjorie and Nancy paint a picture on how the lives of the undocumented immigrants are filled with dreams of a better life but are tormented with the nightmares that come along in the perilous journey that they enroll in, and as well those that persecute them once they have reached the American land. This book basically places some relevant policies in a historical perspective and highlights the mechanisms by which these policies and practices have affected the youth and families that decide to migrate to the United States. This source is reliable due to the great contribution and support provided by the University of California Press Foundation.