Further Reading Sources


Listed below are sources that we at the GHMP find helpful and interesting for our work. While we do not endorse every word of in the content found below, we do believe that these sources help readers engage the migration crisis and better understand the crisis from different perspectives. Additionally, we listed some of the link sources that are featured in each “Learn More” section of the website.

General Reading

The God Who Sees by Karen González

Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Narazio

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

From “Home Countries”

El Salvador Historical Timeline: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1220818.stm

Honduras Historical Timeline: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18974519

Guatemala Historical Timeline: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19636725

Northern Triangle History: https://www.teachingcentralamerica.org/history

Northern Triangle Economies: https://data.worldbank.org/country

Migration Country Profiles: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/regions/central-america-caribbean

From “The Journey”

Migrant Routes: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/central-american-migrants-and-%E2%80%9Cla-bestia%E2%80%9D-route-dangers-and-government-responses

Migrant Smuggling: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/smuggling-of-migrants.html?ref=menuside

Human Trafficking: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/overview-human-trafficking-and-nijs-role

Migrant Shelters: https://www.bbvaresearch.com/en/publicaciones/map-2020-of-migrant-houses-shelters-and-soup-kitchens-for-migrants-in-mexico/

From “At the Border”

Asylum: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum

Asylum: https://immigrantjustice.org/issues/access-counsel

Credible Fear: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/questions-answers-credible-fear-screening

Credible Fear: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/15/2020-12575/procedures-for-asylum-and-withholding-of-removal-credible-fear-and-reasonable-fear-review

Policy Changes: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/policies-affecting-asylum-seekers-border