Central American Migrants Encounter a Less-Than-Hospitable Reception at the U.S. Border

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In the second half of November 2018, thousands of migrants from Central America, men, women, and children, trekked to the United States-Mexico border, with a large portion streaming into Tijuana. They came seeking asylum in the U.S., fleeing violence, poverty, and discrimination in their home countries. After President Donald Trump repeatedly denigrated them, and asserted that terrorists and criminals had infiltrated their ranks, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers treated them like barbarians at the gates, rather than asylum seekers. The resulting clashes highlighted escalating tensions along the border as Mexico welcomes a new president. Experts, pundits, and columnists weighed in on the situation, offered thoughts on where this could lead, and lamented the conditions that caused it in the first place.

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