CHICANO 135B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Roger Ebert, Ms-13, The New York Times
30 Nov 2020
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Ny times article on children fleeing central american gangs. The nation--article on origins of central america child refugee situation. They will have to answer to us. In his article why the children from central america will not stop coming (the nation, 2014), oscar martinez asserts that the increasing numbers of migrants from honduras, El salvador and guatemala, particularly young children and teenagers, are a result of factors that the us had a considerable hand in creating. Discuss what those factors are and how they created the conditions in which these central american countries experience so much poverty, violence, and political unrest. In the same article, salvadoran ambassador ruben zamora explains the ways us immigration policy makes it nearly impossible for migrants and refugees from central. America to gain legal residency in the us. He says, parents don"t see any chance of bringing their children legally to the us so what options are left for them? discuss how.
