WASHINGTON, DC — A set of interconnected, yet sometimes contradictory, narratives has developed to explain what drives migration from, through and back to northern Central America, with effects on how best to manage increasingly complex movements. Facing mounting U.S. pressure to stem sizeable irregular migration, governments in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are focusing their messaging on enforcement and addressing the “root causes” of migration, with policymakers vacillating between discouraging irregular migration and encouraging movement through legal pathways.
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