The fact that the first of these caravans were able to move from Honduras into Guatemala and then into Mexico is inspiring other migrants to travel in large groups, reversing the long-established logic of Central American migration to the United States: Rather than trying to travel undetected, some migrants are trading invisibility for safety in numbers.
Kirk Semple and Elisabeth Malkin for the New York Times, 31 October 2018
Conservative commentators have described the caravan as an invading hord, an invasion and “a full-scale invasion by a hostile force. According to closed
captioning transcripts, the word invasion was used in relation to the caravan more than 60 times on Fox News in October 2018 and more than 75 times on Fox Business. President Trump told supporters that there were criminals and unknown middle easterners in the caravan despite the lack of any evidence for this charge. Likewise, Vice President Pence in an interview with Fox News stated: “ What the president of Honduras told me is that the caravan was organized by leftist organizations, political activists within Honduras, and he said it was being funded by outside groups, and even from Venezuela … So the American people, I think, see through this—they understand this is not a spontaneous caravan of vulnerable
people.”
Assignment Tasks: With reference to a diverse range of relevant course material (4
articles and 4 concepts at a minimum) write a paper that critically examines the issues surrounding the recent “Honduras Caravan” in the US based on the attached materials. In your analysis, be sure to integrate and apply relevant themes and concepts that we have examined in the 2 nd half of our course. Optimal Length of Paper:
7-8 pgs.
*1) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/world/americas/what-is-migrant-
caravan-facts-history.html
2) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/world/americas/migrant-caravan-
trump.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
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3) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/at-end-of-migrant-
caravan-families-fear-what-lies-next/2018/04/29/4f2f9094-4b31-11e8-8082-
105a446d19b8_story.html?utm_term=.ff4915047fb7
4) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/world/europe/trump-
asylum.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article®ion=Foote
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5) https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/migrants-caravan-honduras-mexico-us-
border-2018/10/
6) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/crackdown-honduran-migrant-
caravan-international-law-181023194538522.html
7) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/caravan-of-more-than-
1000-migrants-moves-north-triggering-outrage-from-
trump/2018/10/16/67f951f8-d143-11e8-a4db-
184311d27129_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8f93f5682420
8) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kg7av/mexico-is-now-trapping-migrants-
before-they-can-even-reach-the-us-border
Related articles:
9) https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nielsen-testimony-house-1.5044676
10) https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/national-today-newsletter-
canada-us-relations-three-arms-1.4892067
11) https://theconversation.com/how-to-manufacture-a-crisis-
deconstructing-donald-trumps-immigration-rhetoric-111049
I have provided the relevant course material down below, you do not have to use all but use at least 4 relevant course materials and at least 3 or 4 of the news articles provided here in the instructions. DO NOT USE ANY OTHER MATERIALS BESIDES THE ONES PROVIDED.
