Opinion | Why Hondurans Flee for the U.S.

Opinion: Instead of adding border guards, President Trump might want to pay more attention to increasing Honduran economic freedom, so migrants can stay in Central America, writes MaryAnastasiaOG

The tens of thousands of Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans making asylum claims at the southern U.S. border are swamping the immigration system. Congress can reduce the size of the problem in the short term by closing U.S.-asylum loopholes. But the long-term fix is all about economic development.

Human beings naturally search for better lives for themselves and their children. Migration carries risks but as in all economic decisions, one has to ask, “compared with what?”

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