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Chart to accompany Rahn article of Oct 23, 2018.

Hope for Central America may be found in new technologies

By Richard W. Rahn

Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. in a large caravan cling to the trucks of drivers who offered them free rides, as they arrive to Tapachula, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the Guatemala-Mexico border, about 5,000 Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border Sunday in southern Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on; still far from US

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

A group of Central American migrants gather in the central park of Ciudad Hidlago, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Mexican authorities for a second straight day refused mass entry to a caravan of Central American migrants held up at the border with Guatemala, but began accepting small groups for asylum processing and gave out some 45-day visitor permits that would theoretically allow recipients time to reach the United States. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Migrant caravan re-forms in Mexico

By Mark Stevenson and Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

Central American migrants overwhelmed authorities at the Mexican border and prepared for the long journey across the country toward the U.S., where they plan to test the Trump administration's resolve. (Associated Press)

Migrant caravan pushes into Mexico

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Central American migrants walking to the U.S. start their day departing Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, about 5,000 Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border early Sunday in southern Mexico. Their numbers swelled overnight and at first light they set out walking toward the Mexican town of Tapachula. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Kirstjen Nielsen warns of cartels’ role in migrant caravan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A group of Central American migrants gather in the central park of Ciudad Hidlago, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Mexican authorities for a second straight day refused mass entry to a caravan of Central American migrants held up at the border with Guatemala, but began accepting small groups for asylum processing and gave out some 45-day visitor permits that would theoretically allow recipients time to reach the United States. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Migrant caravan swells to 5,000, advances toward U.S.

By Mark Stevenson and Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

A group of migrants rests at the central park in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. About 2,000 Central American migrants who circumvented Mexican police at a border bridge and swam, forded and floated across the river from Guatemala decided on Saturday to re-form their mass caravan and continue their trek northward toward the United States. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Ragged, growing caravan of migrants resumes march toward US

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Central American migrants sit on the bridge over the Suchiate River that separates Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Central Americans traveling in a mass caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence and streamed by the thousands toward Mexican territory, defying Mexican authorities' entreaties for an orderly migration and U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliation. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

The Latest: Honduran migrant says he wants to return home

Associated Press

Hundreds of Honduran migrants stand at the shore of the Suchiate river on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Mexico's foreign ministry says government officials at its southern border with Guatemala have started assisting the early arrivals from a caravan of some 3,000 Honduran migrants that has drawn sharp criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo)

The Latest: UN calls on Mexico, US to respect migrants

Associated Press

Honduran migrants sleep at an improvised shelter in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. The group, estimated at 1,600 to 2,000 people hoping to reach the United States, bedded down for the night in this town after Guatemala's authorities blinked first in attempts to halt their advance. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Donald Trump warns Honduras to stop migrant caravan headed for U.S.

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

What US aid is on the line to Honduras

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Honduran migrants walk past a roadblock of Guatemalan police as they make their way to the U.S., in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Police stopped the migrants for several hours but the travelers refused to return to the border and were eventually allowed to pass. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

The Latest: Trump expands aid threat over migrant caravan

Associated Press

Honduran migrants receive free water from Guatemalan police at the Honduran border crossing that connects with Agua Caliente, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Hundreds of Honduran migrants were eventually allowed to cross at the Guatemalan border under a broiling sun Monday hoping to make it to new lives in the United States, far from the poverty and violence of their home nation. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Trump warns of aid cut over migrant caravan now in Guatemala

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press

Migrant caravan swells in Honduras as group nears Guatemala

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

Tropical Storm Michael drenches Honduras

Associated Press

In this May 2018 handout image provided by Evelin Roxana Meyer, her son, Eduardo Almendarez Meyer, right, is seen alongside his father and her husband, Douglas Almendarez, in La Union, Honduras, a day before they left for the United States. The two were separated at the Texas border, and the father was deported. The 11-year-old boy remains in US government custody in a Texas shelter. (Evelin Roxana Meyer via AP)

Immigrant parents fight chaotic system for their children

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JULIE WATSON and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

This July 18, 2018 photo shows a photo of Adalicia Montecinos and her son Johan Bueso Castillo displayed on a television screen inside their home in La Libertad, Honduras. The last time Montecinos saw her son, he had two tiny teeth. Now he has a mouthful. The Honduran boy took his first steps, spoke his first words and had his first birthday in U.S. government custody. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

The Latest: Baby didn’t initially know parents at reunion

Associated Press

Kids play, learn in Utah church as family fights for asylum

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Immigrant mother, 2 children seek sanctuary in church

By VANESSA REMMERS - Associated Press

From left; Mario, Miriam and Christian listen as Iris recounts her separation from her child at the border during a news conference at the Annunciation House, Monday, June 25, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. 32 parents waiting to be reconciled with their children, have been released the the Annunciation House. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Immigrant mother separated from boy : ‘I dream of my son’

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press