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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (254946)	7/4/2014 1:21:52 AM
From: Alex MG	Respond to of 541677

nahh, you said they are just coming here looking for "free stuff" don't blame your statement on John Kerry they don't want "free stuff"... they just want to stay alive and possibly have a job, and an opportunity at a future Violence, poverty, is driving children to flee Central America to U.S. vox.com Recent studies suggest that most of these unaccompanied children aren't economic migrants, as many Americans might assume — they're fleeing from threats and violence in their home countries, where things have gotten so bad that many families believe that they have no choice but to send their children on the long, dangerous journey north. They're not here to take advantage of American social services — they're refugees from conflict. Understanding the nature of the violence pushing them north is crucial for figuring out what to do about the child refugee crisis on our southern border. Why are so many children fleeing Central America? Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, the three countries that make up Central America's "Northern Triangle," are experiencing a terrifying level of violence that's been rising rapidly since the late 2000s. State weakness and corruption have allowed a number of different armed groups — including transnational street gangs, drug cartels, and other organized crime syndicates — to flourish, checked by little but their competition with one another. Today, those groups battle for control of drug trafficking routes, residential neighborhoods, bus systems, human-smuggling operations, and more or less anything else that allows them to leverage their skills in violence to extract a profit.