Central America

As Biden Ramps Up Detention Capacity, Group Warns Contaminated Military Bases 'Are No Place' for Kids
Migrant children rest inside a pod at the Customs and Border Patrol detention center in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021. (Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool via Getty Images)
Bowman Blames Decades of US Capitalism, Imperialism for Flow of Asylum-Seekers
Jenna McGuire, staff writer
A Central American woman and her son cross the Rio Grande on February 8th, 2021 to surrender to the border patrol at the Texas United States crossing. (Photo: David Peinado/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
"The best we can do is implement a 21st century Marshall Plan and help to rebuild Central America in the same ways that we have destroyed it."
Read More
Sen. Chris Murphy 'Fought Back Tears' Visiting Detained Migrant Children in Texas
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Sen. Chris Murphy said he "fought back tears" while meeting with unaccompanied migrant children detained in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Texas on March 19, 2021. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
"Remember, each 'unaccompanied minor' is a human being with a story," the...
Read More
FEMA Ordered to Help as Border Patrol Holds 3,000 Migrant Children Over Legal Limit
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A sign outside of a Influx Care Facility (ICF) for unaccompanied children explains what the facility is on Sunday, February 21, 2021 in Carrizo Springs, Texas. (Photo: Sergio Flores/<em>The Washington Post</em> via Getty Images)
A lawyer who interviewed children at a facility in Texas said that "one of them...
Read More
Sister Dianna Ortiz, torture survivor turned human rights champion, died Friday February 19, 2021. (Photo: AP/YouTube screen grab)
Sister Dianna Ortiz—US Nun Who Survived Guatemala Torture and Became Human Rights Champion—Dies at 62
A Central American woman and her baby in a shelter just across the U.S.-Mexican border in Tijuana, Baja California del Norte, on November 28, 2018. (Photo: Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
Under Pretext of Pandemic, Babies Born in US—Legal American Citizens—Expelled With Mothers to Mexico
Thousands of migrants, mostly from Honduras, are blocked from traveling further on a road by security forces in Vado Hondo, Guatemala on January 17, 2021. (Photo: Luis Vargas/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
As Guatemalan Forces Beat Back Migrant Caravan, Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Policies of 'Cruelty and Coercion'
A man walks along a damaged street after the passage of Hurricane Eta in La Lima, Cortes, Honduras, on November 16, 2020 as Hurricane Iota—upgraded to Category 5—moves over the Caribbean toward the Nicaragua-Honduras border. (Photo: Wendell Escoto/AFP via Getty Images)
'Unreal & Heartbreaking': Experts Highlight Climate Crisis Connection as Category 5 Hurricane Iota Barrels Toward Central America
Rights Group Demands ICE End 'Beyond Inhumane' Detention and Deportations as Covid-19 Pandemic Intensifies
Removing 'Unjust Barrier' to Asylum, Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Forcing Refugees to Seek Safety Elsewhere
People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guatemala City, on March 16, 2020. (Photo: Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump Accused of 'Actively and Knowingly' Spreading Coronavirus to Central America Through Deportations
migrants
Trump's New "Fundamentally Cruel" Policy Would Effectively Bar Central American Refugees From Seeking Asylum
report cover
'Disorder by Design': Aid Group Details How Trump Has Manufactured Crisis at the US-Mexico Border
Trump Accused of 'Manufacturing' Crisis By Slashing Aid to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador
Refused Right to Seek Asylum, Honduran Refugees Demand Reparations for Destructive US Foreign Policy in Central America
ACLU Demands Courts Protect Refugees Fleeing Domestic and Gang Violence After Sessions 'Illegally' Revokes Asylum Rights

More Central America News

Newswire

More than 230 Organizations Call for Immediate Protection for Nationals of Central American Countries Devastated by Hurricanes Eta and Iota
The International Rescue Committee
US Administration’s Proposed Abrogation of Flores Settlement Threatens Safety of Children
Amnesty International - USA
US Government Endangers Asylum Seekers with Unlawful Policies
Amnesty International - USA
Americas: Authorities Must Not Deport Caravan Members to Face Danger
More Central America

Views

Phyllis Bennis
Phyllis Bennis
Poor Nation's of the Earth Host Millions of Refugees as US Refuses to Host Just a Few Thousand
Rachel Pak
Please Stop Calling Humans Seeking Safety a 'Border Crisis'
Inge Fryklund
Disastrous US Drug War Is Key Driver of Displacement in Central America
Aviva Chomsky
Aviva Chomsky
A Closer Look at Biden's Immigration Plan for Central America
Julie Hollar
Julie Hollar
For the Right and Corporate Media, Border Is 'Political Crisis,' Not Humanitarian Emergency
Robert Radin
Robert Radin
Why the United States Calls Some Refugees 'Asylees'
Belén Fernández
Belén Fernández
How the US Made the So-Called 'Safe Third Countries' Unsafe
Jeff Abbott
The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Mobilize to Denounce Coup in Bolivia
César Chelala
César Chelala
Coming to Terms With the U.S. Role in Central America
Todd Miller
Why Climate Action Needs to Target the Border Industrial Complex
More Central America Views
Connect With Us