US border shutdown forces other countries to deal with migrants

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Latin American nations accustomed to seeing their citizens migrate are taking on the role of host countries, as the U.S. shuts down its borders and individuals on the move look for alternatives.

These countries along the path to the north often share language and culture with migrants and generally respond humanely. But they aren’t prepared to integrate large numbers of newcomers into their economy, school system or health services network.

That needs to change as the Trump administration threatens to ramp up deportations that could put some of them in a bind, immigration experts said on Monday.

“A lot of the attention of the last several years has been at the U.S.-Mexico border and what other countries are doing or not to help the United States stop peo