So.
I figured out why we’re getting these ‘caravans’ lately:
(yes, it’s a guardian article, be patient)
Last paragraph:
“Economic integration forced on Guatemala by the US and global bodies have further opened the country to foreign-backed mining, hydro and other extractive industries, forcing more evictions of indigenous peoples and leading to more violence and inequality.”
They’re being evicted wholesale and sent northward.
(I hope Ilhan Omar hasn’t seen this article - after her last performance, I couldn’t stand listening to another charge of racism and colonization..)