Trump, Latin American migration and China

Edition: US - Today's top story: The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn't keeping up [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 6 April 2017 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair]( Editor's note How well do we understand why people leave their homes in Latin America? Today we launch a series that looks at some of the history, root causes and effects of Latin American migration. As conditions have rapidly changed, so has the [profile of the average Latin American migrant]( coming to the U.S., writes Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Hiskey. Rather than Mexicans looking for work, more migrants are fleeing warlike levels of violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. In Guatemala, Carmen Monico of Elon University writes, an educational program funded by USAID that [targets youth affected by violence]( could make a difference. And there’s trouble in paradise, writes Caitlin Fouratt. Her research on Nicaraguan immigration to Costa Rica shows how, not unlike in the U.S., when social and economic woes surface, immigrants [become an easy scapegoat](. Meanwhile, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives today in Florida for his first meeting with President Donald Trump. Jeremy Friedman sees a crucial choice before our president: Align U.S. foreign policy [with Russia – or choose China](. Greg Wright of UC Merced examines this new relationship from [the perspective of trade and economics](, while Frank Cilluffo and Sharon Cardash consider another item sure to be on the leaders’ packed agenda: how to deal with the [threat of cyberattacks from North Korea](. Danielle Douez Associate Editor, Politics + Society Top story A Salvadoran family who fled to the U.S. when armed men killed the father. AP Photo/LM Otero [The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. 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