{"id":24472,"date":"2021-04-29T10:32:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24472"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:32:11","slug":"central-american-aid-will-fail-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/04\/29\/central-american-aid-will-fail-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Without U.S. Border Security, Central America Aid Package Will Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Biden administration says \u201cpoverty, high levels of violence, and corruption in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries\u201d are driving migrants to the U.S. Though that is partially true, a White House plan to send $4 billion<\/a> to our southern neighbors is a misdirected expenditure destined to fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, Uncle Sam\u2019s\nmagnanimity works out to about $29 per person. Even with the generous\nassumption that it will trickle down through layers of ingrained graft and\ncorruption, the payout won\u2019t accomplish much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s naive to think that more \u201caid\u201d will alter the migration dynamic when every American president since the 1960s<\/a> has tried similar initiatives. Biden\u2019s prospects are doubtful as El Salvador\u2019s president refused to meet<\/a> his special envoy, and Honduras\u2019 president is under U.S. criminal investigation<\/a> involving a drug-smuggling ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it dismantles agreements that discourage migrants<\/a> from \u201casylum shopping\u201d their way to the U.S., the White House concedes that no “formal” agreements<\/a> have been reached with Northern Triangle countries to curb migration. And a $4 billion check sends the wrong signal if it\u2019s funded from detention budgets and the abandoned border wall. This simply perpetuates the \u201cpull\u201d of illegal migration, with no pushback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central America\u2019s high levels\nof violence and chronic corruption are serious and deep-seated. But before\ngetting on their high horse, Biden & Co. need to address similar problems closer\nto home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Arthur<\/a> of the Center for Immigration Studies notes that Baltimore, 40 miles from the White House, averaged a homicide a day, every day, last year. Two of the\u00a0Charm City\u2019s last five mayors<\/a>\u00a0resigned amid corruption scandals. Some of the most vicious criminals in Baltimore (and other urban centers) are MS-13 gangsters, members of a network originally set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the administration cannot\nensure a clean government in a city an hour away, what exactly will they do to\naddress corruption in San Salvador, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa or Mexico City\n(and thousands of cities and towns in between)?\u201d Arthur asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of this is to suggest the\nU.S. shouldn\u2019t help its neighbors. But America\u2019s political class must wake to\nthe reality that sending a few billion more dollars to Central America while\nfailing to secure our southern border is only a formula for continued failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Biden administration says \u201cpoverty, high levels of violence, and corruption in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries\u201d are driving migrants to the U.S. Though that is partially true, a White House plan to send $4 billion to our southern neighbors is a misdirected expenditure destined to fail. For starters, Uncle Sam\u2019s magnanimity works out<\/p>\n

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