1. Government Induced Border Crisis
Nestor Rodriguez
The University of Texas at Austin
July 6, 2018

2. End of an Era of an Unauthorized Mexican Migration Surge

3. Border Patrol Apprehensions at the Southwest Border, FY , Drop by 82% (DHS, 2016 Statistical Yearbook)

4. Family Units Apprehended
Family Units Represent Fewer than 5% of Population Age in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Family Units Apprehended
% change
2013
14,855
2014
68,445
360.8%
2015
40,053
-41.5%
2016
77,674
93.9%
2017
75,622
-2.6%
Family Units apprehended in Southwest border, FY 2016
Central American family units apprehended
= 71,145
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras population age 15-34
=11,395,399
71,145/11,395,399= .006 (.6%)
1.2% if we double number of family units
apprehensions

5. Doctors without Borders-- 2017 survey refugees and migrants in Mexico
68% reported being victims of violence in the journey to the United States
Nearly 33% of women had been sexually abused
60% of migrants treated by DWB for sexual violence were raped
47% of 1,817 refugees and migrants treated for mental health issues were victims of direct physical violence en route
12% of all migrants experienced PTSD