Detention, deportation, and the cost of return for Guatemalan children Lauren Heidbrink Art by Gabriela Afable. Used with permission. Camila was fourteen when she was deported from Houston to Guatemala. It was her first time on an airplane. When the chartered plane landed at Guatemala …
Smuggling is a form of livelihood on the Mexico-Guatemala border, where economic opportunities are scarce.
How U.S. involvement in Central America pushes children and families to migrate. by LEISY ABREGO There is no doubt that violence and extreme insecurity are significant and immediate driving factors in the migration of children and families from Central America today. Since the early 1990s, …
