We Need to Help Immigrant Youth, Not Scapegoat Them

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“Animals.” “Menace.” “Blood-stained killing fields.” These are all terms President Donald Trump used in a one-week period to describe undocumented immigrants, alleged members of MS-13 and the purported harm they are causing our country. The White House doubled down on these assertions by releasing an official statement titled, “What You Need to Know About the Violent Animals of MS-13.”

Children in San Jose Calderas, Guatemala.

Violence, Poverty Pushing Guatemalan Children To US

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A recent influx of Central American children migrating to the United States is causing a border crisis.

The children are fleeing the violent life in Guatemala, either alone or sometimes with child smugglers who promise assistance only to abandon them. As many as 90,000 children came this year alone.

Guatemala, one of the poorest countries in Central America, is trying to get back on its feet after a 36-year “civil war” where 200,000 people were killed, mostly unarmed, indigenous people.