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Friday, July 11, 2014

Cartoons: a tidal wave of children

To me this quote from the Worldcrunch article "At U.S.-Mexico Border, Children's Lives On The Line" tells a lot about how Mexican and Central American migrants view America and the current state of immigration.
Rina Guaimaca doesn't have time to wait for political reform. "In Honduras, the gangs were extorting us. We didn’t earn much in the first place, but we had to give half of that to them. I have a 7-year-old son, Fernando, and I didn’t want him to grow up like that. So, I decided to escape and join my mother who works in Oregon."
This article is part of a series called "Migrant Lives."  To know more about the publication Worldcrunch, take a look at this review at tinypass.

Here are some insights from the cartoonists--
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image: cartoon by Steve Breen
Steve Breen, The Week

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image: cartoon by Mike Ramirez
Mike Ramirez, The Week

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image: cartoon by David Horsey
David Horsey, The Week

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image: cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich, The Week

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Follow these links for more views on why this influx is occurring, "Why are so many kids crossing the US-Mexico border and what should Obama do?," and what happens to the children once they enter the US, "Q&A Explaining the crisis on the Southwest border as children seek refuge."

-- Marge

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