Tuesday, May 12, 2020

U.S. Braces For Massive Refugee Waves To The Border As The Pandemic Continues In Latin America

Central American migrants, part of a second wave of migrants heading to the US, walk along a highway as they continue their journey to the Mexican border, in Zacapa, Guatemala [Luis Echeverria/Reuters]

Washington Examiner: 'Unprecedented': US braces for pandemic to drive largest refugee wave ever to the border

Economic calamities caused by the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a historic wave of migration from Latin America to the United States, according to officials.

“If there is economic collapse in a given country, it is only natural that there will be migration flows to places where the economy is more robust,” U.S. Agency for International Development acting Administrator John Barsa told the Washington Examiner. “Are we concerned about the economic impacts that this might have, which could lead to migration? Absolutely.”

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WNU Editor: The economies in Latin America are in recession right now, and with the pandemic now raging in all of these countries, governments are powerless on what to do. My prediction. A country like Mexico is in a recession right now .... Report: Mexico's economy plunges deeper into recession (Canadian Press). If this continues this recession will be turning into a depression. In case that does happen, I for one would not be surprised if refugee waves do occur on the U.S. border.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lets take people who show up at the Southern border and trade them 1 for 1 for a registered Democrats.

Anonymous said...

Mexico is not going to be so keen on letting masses of people cross it borders in the middle of a pandemic.