Can foreign aid curb migration to the U.S. by creating a better alternative?

There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. More than half of this population is from Mexico (37%) and Central America (19%) (Figure 1). Over the past four years, annual apprehensions of foreign nationals at U.S. borders—most along the border with Mexico—have fluct...

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Autores principales: Hernandez, Manuel A., Piñeiro, Valeria, Berrospi, Maria Lucia
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177927
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Sumario:There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. More than half of this population is from Mexico (37%) and Central America (19%) (Figure 1). Over the past four years, annual apprehensions of foreign nationals at U.S. borders—most along the border with Mexico—have fluctuated between 1.6 million and 2.2 million. About two-thirds of these migrants are similarly from Mexico and Central America, particularly Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.