2014-07-11

S.O.S. Humanitarian Crisis. Children Migration

Thousand of children is crossing the Mexican border and it is increasing, they are already fifty seven thousand children caught. The local authorities are overwhelmed in Texas, by where they come in by crossing swimming the Rio Grande or by hiding on vehicles, so they are sent to other States as Arizona or California in detention centres.
they are mainly from Central America, so it's incredible to think how they are able to cross along huge Mexican territory. Obama has reinforced the border with more federal patrols.
Why the surge in immigrant children at border now?
Gang violence in urban areas in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala has escalated dramatically, they have to choose between to die staying in their cities or to die trying to arrive to USA.
The gangs are everywhere: schools, neighbourhoods, etc. If you don't want to be part of them then they threaten you or extort. The homicide rate has tripled in last years, it is the highest rate in the world of countries which they are not in war. A lot of them have asked asylum in other American countries close.
Although Obama administration is doing efforts in this direction, for now, new minors will be apprehended in next weeks.

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  1. ThousandS of children ARE crossing the Mexican border and it is increasing, THERE are already fiftY-Seven thousand children caught. The local authorities are overwhelmed* in Texas, [] where they come in by [] swimming ACROSS the Rio Grande or by hiding IN vehicles, so they are sent to DETENTION CENTRES IN other states SUCH as Arizona or California.

    they are mainly from Central America, so it's incredible to think how they are able to cross along THE huge(1) Mexican territory. Obama has reinforced* the border with more federal patrols*.

    Why the surge* in immigrant children at THE border now?

    Gang violence in urban* areas in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala has escalated* dramatically, they have to choose between DYING WHILE(2) staying in their cities or DYING WHILE trying to REACH THE USA.
    The gangs are everywhere: schools, neighbourhoods, etc. If you don't want to be part of them then they threaten you or extort MONEY. The homicide rate has tripled* in THE last years, it is the highest rate in the world of countries which [] are not AT war. A lot of them have asked FOR asylum in other NEARBY American countries.

    Although THE Obama administration is MAKing efforts in this direction, for now, MANY new minors will be apprehended* in THE next weeks.


    * good vocabulary
    (1) better: vast
    (2) We don't use the infinitive (to die) after a preposition (between). We use the gerund (-ing) instead. I added "while" to separate "dying" from "staying", making it sound better.

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