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TPS Holders Are Integral Members of the U.S. Economy and Society Article
Postcards addressed to President Donald Trump asking him to extend Temporary Protected Status for tens of thousands of Central Americans and Haitians are shown during a news conference in Miami, Florida, June 7, 2017. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

TPS Holders Are Integral Members of the U.S. Economy and Society

Ending Temporary Protected Status would threaten the lives of more than 300,000 Salvadorans, Hondurans, and Haitians living and working in the United States.

Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, Angie Bautista-Chavez, Laura Muñoz Lopez

Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, Not Deferred Action, Is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border Article
Two young girls sit in their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Arizona. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, Not Deferred Action, Is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border

Based on a statistical analysis of unaccompanied children arrivals data, border security statistics, and violence levels in Central America, it is clear that violence in countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—rather than deferred action or lax U.S. border enforcement—is driving the increase in unaccompanied children.

Tom K. Wong

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