How the US outsourced border security to Mexico
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Published 2017-11-21
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For the first time ever in 2014, the U.S. recorded more undocumented migrants from Central America than from Mexico. In particular, 52,000 unaccompanied children were detained between October 2013 and June 2014. With what seemed to be a looming humanitarian crisis to deal with, the Obama administration enlisted the help of Mexico, and President Enrique Peña Nieto's administration.
Together, they launched the Southern Border Program initiative: the U.S. provided funding, equipment, and training to Mexico in exchange for a crackdown along Mexico's southern border. After all, many would-be migrants from Central America to the U.S. must pass through Mexico first.
This policy worked for a few years, but levels of undocumented migrants are on the rise again. And the mounting human costs make it increasingly difficult to call a success.
All Comments (21)
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Vox's quality content but regular uploads is everything buzzfeed wanted to be but couldn't.
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It's sad, the central latin american land is so green with natural scenic beauty, but there's mafia, drugs, and high crime
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The way you do this is unique. Instead of just researching whatever the subject for the next episode is, you actually go there and talk to the people and get there perspectives. I like it.
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The dad crying with his baby was heartbreaking Wish i could take them in
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I am from Guatemala. The country is almost the worst country in all of America, second only to Haiti. The violence here is unreal, so present in people's lives that one of the newspapers is nicknamed 'Muerto Diario', Dead Newspaper, for the amount of murders that appear on it. I live in a pretty safe area of my town, and even I see the poverty and violence on a daily basis. My mother was robbed not a minute after she left our house. My best friend lives in one of the most impoverished and violent barrios in town, and they see a shootout almost every week. Our people are incompetent because they don't get to go to school. People live in landfills, and are excited when they find rotting food in the trash. It doesn't help that our leaders are corrupt and the main industry is drug trafficking. These are the reasons people try to escape from the country and look for a better life in other countries. Visas expire, airplane tickets are expensive, and applying for residency is near impossible, and people know this, so illegal immigration is their only option. If the crackdown doesn't stop, all these poor people will end up dead. These changes should help peole seeking new lives, not doom them. The gangs in these countries control everything, and if they find out you tried to escape them, you and your family is as good as dead. So many people are looking for shelter, and if they get that right denied, these people will lose all hope and succumb to violence, and join it. I do not support illegal immigration, all I'm saying is it should be safer and easier for people to make these journeys to find a better life. Edit: We're having elections right now, and if this woman Sandra Torres wins the elections, there's a good chance that Guatemala will fall to Socialism. My family and I are percieved as extremely wealthy because of our family history, even though we're not, so we are really threatened by invasions or robberies, and with the government turning a blind eye, the narcos could do whatever they want. Edit 2: Recently we had country-wide protests against one of the better presidents we've had in my life, which really isn't saying much. There's still much corruption in the country, but we might be able to make it through
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Politicians only want to tackle the symptomes, not the cause. Because it's cheaper. But it doesn't solve the problem at all.
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I live in Costa Rica, one of the most unaffected countries of the drug War, it hurts to see literal and cultural neighbors like that
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Morocco maintains Spain's border, Mexico maintains the United States' border
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that dad broke my heart help that man!
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I work with a Guatemalan. Great guy. Hardworking badass. He also fled the violence with his family. I cannot fault him for wanting a better, safer life for his family. Faced with the same decisions, I'd flee too.
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0:21 Wait did Johnny just cross the border illegally?
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I love Vox videos they are so high quality, which is becoming rarer and rarer on YouTube. Keep the good content coming.
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Before you propose a suggestion, it's probably a lot more complicated than you think.
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I felt really sad seeing that father and his kid.
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When I saw the father with his son, my heart was broken. This is something no one should have to endure. I’m praying for them. 😔
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"When you have no rights in your own country The only right you have left Is to ask for protection in a safe country"
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That man with his child towards the beginning of this video made me incredibly sad. How can I help?
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Johnny, how many languages do you speak? How many people are in your traveling team? Have you run into any anti-American or anti-publicity or anti-journalist problems?
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It's always funny how we in the US complain about problems we caused or exacerbated.
