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In The Media
The Violence Driving Migration Isn’t Just Gangs
Although the world may be safer today, complicit states contribute to violence throughout the world.
Published on Nov 9, 2018
Source: Wall Street Journal
Why are thousands of Central Americans marching toward our southern border, despite the presidential tweets and now U.S. troops arrayed against them? Like previous generations of migrants, some are seeking economic opportunity. But many are trying to cross because they are fleeing violence so severe that they feel they have no choice. Their very public group effort is an attempt to evade the rape, kidnapping and extortion by smugglers that commonly beset undocumented migrants who cross Mexico on solitary journeys.
This article was originally published by the Wall Street Journal.
About the Author
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Rachel Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where she focuses on issues of rule of law, security, and governance in democracies experiencing polarization, violence, and other governance problems.
- Political Violence in the U.S.
- Civil Society Repression Internationally and Historically Within the United StatesTestimony
Rachel Kleinfeld
Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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