Border Surge's Cause is More Complicated Than COVID-19: UCR experts provide health, political, and historical insight to the current migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border

Sandra Baltazar Martínez

The United States border has seen an increase in families — primarily men with their children — and most recently a surge in unaccompanied minors traveling north from Central America through Mexico. They are fleeing gang violence, high homicide rates, and lack of economic opportunities. In some cases, such as in Guatemala, even hunger. According to the Pew Research Center, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended nearly 100,000 migrants in February; this after apprehensions had fallen to about 16,000 in April 2020... 

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