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Beyond the Blame Game: Visualizing the Complexity of the Border Crisis

By Dinorah Azpuru

Multiple variables are contributing to the surge of migration from the Northern Triangle to the United States.

Much has been written and discussed in the last month about the causes of the migration of thousands of undocumented minors and women with young children from Central America’s Northern Triangle region (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras) to the United States.[1] The debate has ranged from analyzing the so-called “pull factors” in the U.S. to the “push factors” in Northern Triangle countries.

Some politicians in the U.S. have focused on...

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