Abstract

VILLAFUERTE SOLIS, Daniel  and  GARCIA AGUILAR, María del Carmen. The anti-immigrant policies of Barack Obama and the Southern Border Program: consequences for Central American migration. Migr. desarro [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.28, pp.39-64. ISSN 1870-7599.

This article proposes an analysis of the anti-immigration policies of Barack Obama’s government and its effects on Central American migration. The main hypothesis is that detentions and mass deportations in various states of the United States, as well as the detention policies on the southern borders of the U.S. and Mexico are part of a wider security strategy designed by the government of the United States. With the application of the Secure Communities program, bilateral agreements such as the Mérida Initiative, and other measures of apparent Mexican initiative, but promoted and approved by the White House, and particularly the Southern Border Program, the economic, social and human costs for migrants and their families continue to rise.

Keywords : transit migration; containment policies; southern border; border security.

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