{"id":25236,"date":"2021-11-24T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25236"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:32:41","slug":"think-tank-misses-real-root-causes-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/24\/think-tank-misses-real-root-causes-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"MPI Gets Lost in Northern Triangle, Misses the Boat on Central American Exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blaming \u201cpoverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence\u201d for this year\u2019s exodus from Central America, a new report by the Migration Policy Institute<\/a> (MPI) left out a very important driver: President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fiscal year 2021 (eight months on Biden\u2019s watch), nearly 700,000 foreign nationals arrived from the Northern Triangle<\/a> countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — the largest share (41 percent) of any region, and a significant increase over previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\ncoincidence? Hardly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden and every other Democratic presidential contender rolled out the welcome mat to all comers during the 2020 campaign when they pledged to support a path to citizenship<\/a> for every illegal alien in the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon taking office, Biden suspended Migrant Protection Protocols<\/a> (also known as Remain in Mexico) and halted deportations, essentially making this country a coast-to-coast sanctuary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With removal cases in immigration courts<\/a> at a six-year low (while illegal border crossings were at historic highs), administration officials have floated the bizarre idea of issuing six-figure cash payments<\/a> to migrant families separated during the Trump era. Upping the ante, congressional Democrats\u2019 budget reconciliation package contains an expanded child tax credit with $10.5 billion<\/a> for illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Americans public may be flummoxed by all this \u2013 41 percent of Democrats<\/a> tell pollsters they don\u2019t know what the president promised on immigration — but people in the Northern Triangle get the message loud and clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional\npoverty notwithstanding, Central American migrants (along with other transients\npassing through) pay large sums of cash every day to cartels and coyotes to get\nto the U.S., with the reasonable expectation that their chances for success are\nbetter than ever under this administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPI\nresearchers and Biden\u2019s team can — and do — go on with their complex, yet\nblinkered, compendium of \u201croot causes.\u201d This exercise is designed to\nrationalize mass migration, and set up a framework for ever-escalating numbers\nto follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, as FAIR<\/a> has pointed out, the best hope for Central America and other sources of emigration is for citizens of those countries to take action to end the corruption that has impoverished them for generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\nlet\u2019s be honest here: Nothing will change as long as Biden & Co. continue\nto invite a mass exodus and allow unfettered entry into the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blaming \u201cpoverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence\u201d for this year\u2019s exodus from Central America, a new report by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) left out a very important driver: President Joe Biden. In fiscal year 2021 (eight months on Biden\u2019s watch), nearly 700,000 foreign nationals arrived from the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras<\/p>\n

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