Migrants from Central America are fleeing rampant corruption, crime, as well as hunger caused by failing crops and the impact of climate change.
Biden's "humanitarian" answer to the increasing flow of desperate migrants fleeing intolerable conditions in their home countries - send in the troops. Biden has struck an agreement with Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to increase border security.
Mexico will maintain a deployment of about 10,000 troops, while Guatemala has sent 1,500 police and military personnel to its southern border and Honduras deployed 7,000 police and military to its border “to disperse a large contingent of migrants” there. Guatemala will also set up 12 checkpoints along the migratory route through the country.
Biden is enacting a policy where security forces in all three countries have been frequently accused of using excessive violence against migrants, and targeting them for extortion and robbery.
White House official, Psaki, said that “the objective is to make it more difficult to make the journey, and make crossing the borders more difficult”
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