Critics say move is counterproductive and might increase migration.
By Mary Beth Sheridan and Mary Beth Sheridan Correspondent covering Mexico and Central America Email Bio Follow Kevin Sieff Kevin Sieff Latin America Correspondent Email Bio Follow March 30 at 1:44 PM MEXICO CITY — President Trump plans to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to three Central American countries in retaliation for what he called their lack of help in reducing the flow of migrants to the U.S. border.
The State Department said Saturday that it would be “ending . . . foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle,” a region representing El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.” The aid affects nearly $500 million in 2018 funds and millions more left over from the prior fiscal year. On Friday night, during a trip to Florida, Trump said governments in Central America weren’t doing enough to slow migration. The number of apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexican border has been soaring, with more than 76,000 migrants taken into custody in February. Many are Central Americans seeking asylum.
Trump’s comments came just a day after Kirstjen M. Nielsen, the secretary of Homeland Security, signed what the department called a “historic” memorandum of cooperation on border security in Central America. Raul Lopez, vice minister of justice in El Salvador, noted in an interview this past week that the flow of migrants from his country was actually slowing.
Border Patrol apprehensions are far less than their peak of 1.6 million in 2000, but the Trump administration says the flows have changed in character. While most migrants used to be Mexican men who could be easily deported, now they are often asylum-seeking families who are entitled to protections under federal law.
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