A new report on migration from Guatemala to the U.S. reveals several noteworthy statistics: COVID notwithstanding, cash remittances from Guatemala’s diaspora jumped to a record $15.3 billion last year. At $4.2 million per day, these personal wire trans…
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Vice President Kamala Harris recently traveled to Guatemala and Mexico to discuss the “root causes” of migration with government officials in the region. Although there was already minimal confidence in Harris’ ability to effectively address the humani…
In the wake of a hurricane that killed an estimated 50-150 people, Guatemala is asking the U.S. to provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to its countrymen living here illegally. If approved, tens of thousands of Guatemalans illegally in the U.S. cou…
Most Americans have never heard of Huehuetenango, but Huehuetenangoans have heard of the America, and they’ve been coming here in droves to bring the American dream to their homeland. National Geographic last year published a lengthy article describing…