Migration Matters Season 3 Episode 4

In this episode we look at: A preliminary injunction issued by a Florida judge against a key part of Gov. DeSantis’ anti-immigration law; The fire that broke out over a year ago in a detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing 40 migrants; Steps by the Biden administration to fast-track the asylum process; San Diego: A recent hotspot for border crossings; Migrant crossings down by more than 50 percent from record highs in December 2023; Panama’s president elect says he’ll shut down the Darien Gap; and the United States’s ambivalent stance on human rights abuses by the Salvadoran government. Thank you for listening. If you want to know more about migration, politics, human rights, the environment, organized crime and many other issues in Central America, you can find us at contracorriente.red. We are also on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. If you have any questions or comments you can email me at [email protected].