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This week Josh Stern, a PhD student at Temple University who studies U.S. - Latin America Foreign Relations, and I talk about the migrant caravan on its way to the United States. We contextualize the caravan and talk about the historical relationship between the United States and Central America.

Some Highlights: 

Central American History- Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico

United States and the drug war

American elections and constant talk of immigration

The Migrant Caravan and the Long Walk

Potential outcomes once the migrants arrive in the United States

Weekly Suggestions:

Steven - Coco

Josh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Discussing the caravan:

More on Asylum and Migration form the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Asylum seekers - people who leave their country, enter another country, and apply for the right to international protection from the country they entered

Refugee - people who leave their country and cannot return home for safety reasons

Displaced person - people who are forced to leave their home for a reason they cannot control

https://youtu.be/gETxIMs74C8