Publication: Independent

UCLA Expert: Jason De León: Professor, Anthropology; Professor, Chicano/a Studies

Synopsis: As Latin American countries face worsening droughts and hurricanes, explained De León, more and more people are forced to make the trek north.

UCLA News: “The irony is that you’ve got people who are fleeing a place like Honduras because of climate change,” notes De León. And when they arrive at the U.S.–Mexico border, he added, they run right into the impacts of climate change once again.

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