Central America: US acts on child migrant 'danger' | World War 4 Report

26.6.14

Central America: US acts on child migrant 'danger' | World War 4 Report: Central American officials respond by pointing to the US government's
failure to control the demand for drugs in the US, the main stimulus for
drug trafficking in the Caribbean Basin region, and also to frustration
over the US government's apparent inability to change its laws to
accommodate some 11 million immigrants now living in the country without
documents. The Central Americans "have focused their diplomatic efforts
on pushing for better conditions for the detained children," according
to the New York Times. Guatemalan president Pérez Molina has asked the
US to grant Guatemalans temporary protected status (TPS) in the US,
while Honduran foreign minister Mireya Agüero de Corrales has called for
Honduran minors to be granted special status to stay in the US with
family members. Honduras' right-wing president, Juan Orlando Hernández,
pointedly skipped the meeting with Biden so he could attend the World
Cup soccer championship in Brazil. (La Jornada, Mexico, June 18; Prensa Libre, Guatemala, June 20, from EFE; NYT, June 21)