Jay Root

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A Father's Decision to Smuggle His Daughter Across the Border Turned Into a Months-Long Nightmare

Carlos had been thinking about migrating to the U.S. since he was a kid.In San Francisco de la Paz, a valley outpost ringed by lush hills in the lawless “Wild East” of Honduras, about the...

By Jay Root / The Texas Tribune

Caravans Help Migrants Travel Safely. But Recent Attention from Trump Might Change That

(LA TÉCNICA, Guatemala) — From Central America to Mexico and the U.S., the giant caravan of migrants has turned into a media sensation — and not in a good way. At least that’s the way...

By Jay Root
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