Migration crisis hits Americas, reaches US border in 2018 1 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseFrom the Central American caravans trekking desperately northward to the mass exodus from Venezuela, 2018 was the year the migration crisis swept the Americas and reached the doorstep of the United States. Latin Americans have long migrated to the United States — half a million Central Americans cross Mexico each year to chase their American dreams — but they used to do it in secret. If you want to protect Law-Abiding Americans — VOTE REPUBLICAN!” he tweeted on November 3, three days before the US midterm elections. In Brazil, an angry mob in the border town of Pacaraima set fire to Venezuelan migrant camps in August, chasing out 1,200 people.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 13, 2018 05:48 UTC