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Annotated Bibliography (sources 1-5 + 1)

Between Borders: American Migrant Crisis. Directed by Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud. United States of America, 2015. October 08, 2015. Online documentary. https://nyti.ms/2kSNxAR.

This documentary follows children finding their way from Central American countries like, Honduras and Guatemala to the United States. They follow their journey and explore the childrens’ reasons for migrating, the difficulties they’ve faced on their journey, and what they hope for once they reach the United States. The source brings light to the suffering the children must endure when crossing and the bravery, strength, and resilience they possess for taking on such a difficult goal. The documentary brings a relatively objective observation of children trying to cross the border and a brief look into the experiences those children undertake.

Dyer, Geoff, Jopson, Barney, and Webber, Jude. "Central America Lobbies US to Tackle Child Migration Causes." The Financial Times, July 26, 2014.

This newspaper article focuses on the administrative side to the situation of child migrants to the United States. It gives a brief synopsis of how the government might tackle it, giving insight into the future of the situation and how it may be handled. It also brings in some objective, factual information and statistics to give a brief overview of the severity of the issue, which will be useful for the article.

Swanson, Kate and Torres, Rebecca Maria. "Child Migration and Transnationalized Violence in Central and North America." Journal of Latin American Geography 15, no. 3 (2016): 23-48.

This peer-reviewed article gives excellent insight into and knowledge about the situation. The authors of the article come from years of personal and first hand experience of working with children trying to migrate to the United States. Parts of the article includes pictures that children drew, providing primary sources within a secondary source and a perspective of the situation from the children themselves who are experiencing it. In addition, due to the fact that it is a peer-reviewed articles whose research that it’s based on was funded by trustworthy foundations and programs, it is a credible and reliable source as well.

Donato, Katharine, and Blake Sisk. "Children's Migration to the United States from Mexico and Central America: Evidence from the Mexican and Latin American Migration Projects." Journal on Migration and Human Security 3, no. 1 (2015): 58-79.

This article, another peer-reviewed article, is centered around the background of a child’s migration, including their parent’s experiences with migration and past experience of crossing. They extend beyond a simple analysis the pull the data they’ve gotten from the Mexican and Latin American Migration projects to provide insight and theories for the children’s migration from Central America. Their breakdown of the difference countries in Central America and the children that migrate from them is also very specific which is valuable for our article. In addition to it being a peer-reviewed article, it was published by the Center for Migration Studies. This adds credibility as well as validity to the source and its claims and analyzations.

Harris, Bruce. "Child Murders in Central America." The Lancet 360, no. 9344 (2002): 1508.

This source, also peer-reviewed provides information about the causes and reasons for children migrating to the United States, away from their Central American country. It will give us more background information for the motivation behind all the children migrating to the United States from Central America. Within the article are statistics and while a little bit outdated, this article still provides information for the state of the countries and insight into what the aftermath might be like.

Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena, Gil Loescher, Katy Long, Nando Sigona, and Megan Bradley. "Forced Migration in Central America and the Caribbean." In The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Chapter 051. Oxford University Press, 2014.

This book chapter will help us get a full rounded perspective of the situation to be able to best summarize it in to one Wiki article. This source specifically focuses on the what went on behind the migrations, the reasons for it, along with the effects of it and what to look for in the future. It will be useful when writing about the background behind the Central American children's’ migrations to the U.S.

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The Northern American Triangle refers to the Central American Countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Following wars in these countries, minors migrate to the United States. This articles focuses on their reception in the United States in the last decade.

Background (why they leave)

Immigration Laws

Relocation of the children

Education of the children

Children in the workforce