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Salvadorean migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. cross the Suchiate River to Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on November 2nd, 2018.

News in Brief

Trump’s Cuts to Foreign Aid Could Intensify the Migration Crisis. Is That What He Wants?

Over the weekend, the president announced plans to hold back funds earmarked for El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Viewfinder: A New Migrant Caravan Travels to the Border

Members of a caravan of Central American migrants walk along a highway on their way toward the United States on January 20th, 2019, in Huixtla, Mexico.

Pacific Standard Staff

Central American migrants run away from tear gas after they try to cross from Tijuana into California on January 1st, 2019.

Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas at Migrants Attempting to Cross the U.S. Border in Tijuana (in Photos)

A group of 150 migrants had approached the border barrier in an attempt to cross, and, after the tear gas was fired, the clash escalated.

Jack Herrera

Two migrants wash in the rudimentary bathing area inside the pavilion for children and families.

Social Justice

A Look Inside a Migrant Shelter in Tijuana

A defunct nightclub in the south of the city now hosts the thousands of migrants who arrived in the two caravans from Central America.

Jack Herrera

Even though the migrant shelter at Benito Juárez sports complex was closed and condemned as unsanitary, over 300 migrants remain camped on the street outside the complex.

Social Justice

‘I’m Not Letting the Other Side Out of My Sights’: Why Some Migrants in Tijuana Refuse to Use the New Indoor Shelter

Though the government has opened a large indoor shelter in Tijuana for members of the caravan, around 350 migrants remain in a tent village against the border.

Jack Herrera

Central American migrants (mostly Hondurans) run along the Tijuana River near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, near the U.S.–Mexico border, after the U.S. border patrol threw tear gas to disperse them after an alleged verbal dispute, on November 25th, 2018.

News in Brief

Tear Gas on the Border Is Only the Beginning of a Standoff That Could Last Months

Legal experts and migrants' rights advocates warn that the crisis will persist as migrants continue to arrive in Tijuana and other border towns.

Jack Herrera

Honduran migrants take part in a caravan toward the United States in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on October 17th, 2018.

Social Justice

Americans Who Fear the Migrant Caravan Don’t Meet Very Many Immigrants

New research finds that residents of the Southeast, Midwest, and Mountain Northwest are more likely to view the caravan as a threat than their counterparts in the Northeast and Southwest—where immigrants make up a larger share of the local population.

Massoud Hayoun

Central American migrants, taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S., queue to receive a meal at a temporary shelter in Irapuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico.

Social Justice

As the Migrant Caravan Moves North, Dangers Remain Close at Hand

Earlier this month, two trucks from the caravan disappeared in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

Luis Gómez Romero

Viewfinder: Looking Through the Border in California

Honduran caravan members look through the fence at the United States–Mexico border wall at Friendship Park in San Ysidro, California, on November 18th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff