Medical professionals take part in a vigil May 19 outside the Elizabeth Detention Center operated by CoreCivic in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Doctors for Camp Closure/Marie DeLuca)
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US-Mexico border sees surge in African migrants, who face limited options
The presence of the extracontinental population — people from a non-Western Hemispheric region transiting through Latin America — at the border is not new, say experts. Historically, there has been a trickle of migrants from other hemispheres traveling through Mexico to reach the U.S. southern border.
As climate effects hit coffee crops, Guatemalan farmers become migrants
Many Central Americans arriving at the U.S. southern border are escaping a toxic mix of gang violence, poverty and corruption. But for record numbers of Guatemalans deciding to emigrate more recently, the root cause appears to be climate change and the devastating effect it has had on that country's coffee crop.
Indian curry, made by Bangladeshi hands
So why don’t Bangladeshi food entrepreneurs open Bangladeshi restaurants in New York City? A few do. But “it’s easier to market Indian food, because our guests know India and find it exotic,” says Misba Ahmed, manager of Indian Tanpura restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “They don’t know Bangladesh or its cuisine.” A Bangladeshi himself, Ahmed says that even the chefs at the restaurant are from Bangladesh.