the -- this happened in mexico and the americas, south america, central america. his is part of what i described as a layered defense where our people, especially hsi, occupies the top of the spear, they are deployed throughout latin america. i think the american public will be very surprised to know what they are doing. the variety of the countries, and and hsi hsi investigators are working through latin america, hunting them down, very often successful, but obviously, hsi and the brazilians took out an iranian human smuggling organization and obviously more iranian's at the border, something is going on down there. they need to finish up what they are doing. james deakins will talk about what he knows about this counterterrorism operation that has been going on for years and years. the homeland security enterprise set up what i refer to as tripwires among our allied governments to be able to detect and track down before they get to the united states suspected jihadists. that is something edward dolan will be able to discuss and the book concludes, one of its big

and in central america you already had a crisis of lack of opportunity and you remember central america, 60% of the migrants from honduras came from s the rural area -- plantations and then hurricanes, we have to act with a short and medium-term attitude for urgent aid for example do you know the most successful cash transfer system run by the ws p is in honduras they run the transfer system, it is as simple as the u.s. saying part of the money i allocate to the wf p or extra money to wf p has to be channeled to the cash base transfer system in honduras so people say in honduras and they review their communities. this is the urgent assistance that we have to work together and then of course we have to find the way of dealing hugh manley with the communists that are migrating and they think the idea of giving a great importance to family unification would be key because what you have to open his legal paths for people to come to the u.s. and one path that has been very successful is h2o visa the h2 b visa is low almost like 70000 year and you see industries like the crab industry almost

there are two tracks are two different aspects in central america now.aditional problems that we also share some of our central american brothers, which is lack of opportunities for young people. they become prey of organized crime or they have to migrate. we have to enhance the level of opportunities, and this is a long-term view of addressing the root causes of migration through investment. private sector investment but also look sector in logistics, in education, but this is long-term. but we have a more urgent need and short-term crisis, which is a result of the two hurricanes of last year. and if in central america you already had a crisis of lack of opportunities, of continuous drought, you remember the dry corridor of central america. 60% of the the migrants from honduras came from the rural area because they lost their coffee. some plantations. and then with hurricanes. we have to act with a short and medium-term attitude for urgent a and not a just giving away but using the tools that are already there. for example, do you know the most successf

lot of the conditions that were leading to people or driving people out of their countries in central america extreme poverty widespread violence political instability these are things that have improved you could argue that they've actually been exacerbated by the coded 1000 pandemic now you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into the region late last year in november in honduras alone this resulted in more than a 1000000 people being displaced you put all of these factors together and you start to get a better picture of what's really driving this increase in migrant numbers over the course of the last few months fulvia thanks very much bono republic correspondent in mexico city. still ahead here on al-jazeera 1st covert 19 now a bowler the rush to stall new outbreak from crossing african borders. minerals antique movement mourns the loss of a young protester who died after being shot those stories after the break. well i'm pleased to say that we have got size of mahler and now pushing back into the deep south of the u.s. we're still struggling to get to 3 celsius there

unquote migrant protection protocols as his policies that forced asylum seekers from not only from central america but from all parts of latin america and from other parts of the world that transit through mexico on the way to request asylum in the united states that would force asylum seekers to remain in mexico while there are silent processes were taking place in the united states these are policies that lead to countries like honduras guatemala and el salvador becoming quote unquote safe 3rd countries but what's on the radar now for immigration officials both here in mexico and in the united states is this recent uptick in immigration from the region specifically from central america what happened during the lockdown during the in 2020 from the cove in 1000 pandemic is that we did see a fairly dramatic slowdown in overall migration from the region but that changed in december when we saw not only is a spike in migration from the region but some of the highest numbers that we've seen since before the covert 1900 pandemic and there are those who have speculated that it's the news of these more r

the far war, this happens in mexico and latin america, south america, central america. is is part of what i described as layered defense where our people, especially hsi, occupies very tip of the spear. they are deployed throughout latin america. i think the american public would be very surprised to know what they are doing down there. -- [inaudible] -- variety of the allied countries down there, and they are hunting sia smugglers who are very unique, kind of breed of smugglers, very wily, very difficult to get your hands on, and our hsi investigators are working throughout latin america hunting them down, very often successfully hunting them down, but obviously like a few months ago hsi and the brazilians took out an iranian human smuggling organization, and obviously we have more iranians hit the border, so something still is going on down there. they need to probably finish up whatever they are doing. james dinkins will talk more about what hsi, when he knows about this counterterrorism operation that's been going on for years and years. and then in addition to that

there are two tracks or options in central america now. the tradition we might just share with central american brothers is a lack of continuity for young people. they become the prey of organized crime and have to migrate. we have to enhance the opportunities. this is a long-term view of addressing migration. private sector investment, but also public sector in logistics -- but this is long-term. we have an urgent crisis which is a result of the two hurricanes of last year. if in central america you already had a crisis of lack of opportunities -- you remember the concept of the dry corridor of central america. 60% of the migrants from the border came from the rural area. they left the coffee plantations. and then with the hurricane. we have to act with the short and medium-term access for urgent aid, and not a just given away, but using the tools that are already there. for example, do you know that the most successful transit system run by the ws p is in andorra? it is as simple as the u.s. saying part of the money paid to the wfp has t

the lockdown from the pandemic saw an overall decline in migration from central america specifically. but then something interesting happens in december. we see a spike in the number of migrants coming up to the united states. we are seeing numbers that were higher than even before the pandemic began. we have heard those speculations that these could be in part due to the more relaxed policies by the biden administration, and that very well could be the case. but we have to remember a lot of the conditions that were leading people or driving people out of their countries in central america, extreme poverty, lyrical instability, these are things that have not improved. you could argue they have been exacerbated by the pandemic. you couple that with two back-to-back hurricanes that slammed into the region last year. in honduras, this resulted in more than one million people being displaced. you put these factors together and you get a better picture of what is increasing these migrant numbers. anchor: thanks very much, our correspondent in mexico city. still ahead here on al jazeera, fi

i mean, if you are in central america and you are a parent and your choice is to stay and see a member into a gang or your daughter raped, you are going to flee. that's the reality that we have been facing. this plan calls for four-year investment into central america, assuming they meet standards on the whole rule of law, on dealing with corruption and dealing of course with the root causes of what drives people. that's one big difference. the other big difference is that we also give people a safe and legal process to apply for their immigration potential, whether it be on asylum status or some other status of the law in country so that we don't have them fleeing and taking the dangerous trek up north and coming to our border. and then it deals with how do people get dealt with once they may show up at the border and be able to make their claims for asylum. some will be rejected and others will be approved, but that's totally different than what we had from the present administration. >> when it comes to root causes those hundreds of billions over four years is certainly a significan

and instead of addressing the root causes of migration he cut off aid to central america. he desecrated our reputation on the world stage by imposing cruel policies literally tore babies out of their mother's arms. caged children, permanently separated hundreds of families and in turn lady liberties back on refugees yearning for peace, security and opportunity. but undoing trumps damage and passing minor forms is not enough our current system is riddled with inefficiencies and needless cruelties. under the clause we still prevent family members from reuniting legally in the united states because of lengthy backlogs and delays. we still send graduates educated in our great universities back to their home countries instead of allowing them to drive innovation and we still make it too hard for companies to hire workers they need to innovate and forced american workers to compete with exploited undocumented labor. that's why we today collectively are introducing the us citizenship act in the senate and house , legislation that brings to life president biden's plan to restore h

and on top of that, it's very difficult in central america because of logistics, because of danger. now we have covid. jess: the aclu and immigration advocates applauding president biden's executive order to re-unite the remaining families, but say it should go further. the reunifications should happen in the united states, and every separated family offered restitution and a path to citizenship. >> we just have to make this right. the biden administration, for these families and for the country, for the american people, has to make this right. [crying] jess: the mother from honduras, back in mexico, alone, out of legal options. with the u.s. border just a few minutes away, it's the closest she can get to her children. photos and phone calls -- for more than three years now, the only way to connect. >> for a mother, this is a very difficult and desperate thing. i just want to see them again and hug them. jessica: in juarez, mexico, for "matter of fact," i'm jessica gomez >>, and the story of a federal judge who wants to reunite families, go to matteroffact.tv and search "immigration

lot of the conditions that were leading to people or driving people out of their countries in central america extreme poverty widespread violence political instability these are things that have improved you could argue that they've actually been exacerbated by the coded 1000 pandemic now you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into the region late last year in november in honduras alone this resulted in more than a 1000000 people being displaced you put all of these factors together and you start to get a better picture of what's really driving this increase in migrant numbers over the course of the last few months democratic republic of congo has confirmed another 2 cases of a one of which is far from the center of its outbreak 6 infections have been confirmed the rule of 2 deaths the world health organization says the d.l.c. has balls of 8000 vaccinations available. to us a sudden almost 20000 doses to get in the west african country has declared a view of the epidemic kitty sierra leone of liberia a hole at the center of the world's worst outbreak between 20132016 whic

we talk about central america. wait until the chinese and africans understand it. you will have unlimited potential. gallup did a survey and found 36% of the planet wanted to come to the u.s. that's a couple billion people. i think these people live in a fantasy world. and my guess is by summer the biden immigration plan lab disaster, and be one of those scandals that happened under obama that grows and grows. he took a system that was going to work. donald trump achieved an amazing break through with mexico and guatemala and he destroyed it and replaced it with a welcome to america sign. you heard the guy say, he wants you to come here. jesse: the democrats always like to say facts matter and like to paint the rioters as a imun -- paint the right as a bunch of conspiracists. rio grande sector down 79%. he will pass over down 70%. when you put a wall up it redirects smugglers to other ports of entry and areas easier for border patrol agents to make apprehensions and drug seizures. you are seeing that in san diego and all over the border. so this is logical. to say

they are about to do away with the remaining mexico policy, the word is out all over central americat the asylum laws are about to change, deportations or stopping, and they literally have stopped building the wall. there is a section near dallas, arizona on the mexican-u.s. border where they've been able to get tank columns through, the panel sitting there waiting to be put up, but they won't put it up. this is a formula for disaster and a witches brew and the biden administration is clueless when it comes to what they are doing. spin on the american people get very frustrated with this topic because it is a big complex topic that gets solidified for elections and therefore nothing ever gets done and we continue to have these conversations about the crisis, and i want to talk tonight about what we are seeing right now in places like texas with unaccompanied minors getting to the border in january last month, 5800 of them, let's talk about how they don't just show up at the border. they are not getting dropped off by the parents, they are getting smuggled to the border. their parents

lot of the conditions that were leading to people or driving people out of their countries in central america extreme poverty widespread violence political instability these are things that have improved you could argue that they've actually been exacerbated by the coded 1000 pandemic now you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into the region late last year in november in honduras alone this resulted in more than a 1000000 people being displaced you put all of these factors together and you start to get a better picture of what's really driving this increase in migrant numbers over the course of the last few months. gun ownership is being relaxed in brazil in a controversial move by president jabil to narrow opponents say it could increase violence but supporters argue they need greater protection lot of reports from rio de janeiro. inspired in broad daylight and in the middle of the night bullets flying over slums every day violence in rio de janeiro that's gone by people on the spot and shared by thousands on if we're is the shoot out the app was created by physics teac

violence whether be fleeing economic conditions and there will also be processing centers in central america so the people don't have to make the deadly journey north to the united states just to process these claims the other thing that's really nice about this legislation is the terminology no longer will these individuals be called aliens they'll now be called 9 u.s. citizens so a lot of activists really embracing this legislation now here's the hitch. very quickly 'd it has to get through congress and this is been something that's been a challenge for 20 years but the reason there is hope is that the democrats control not just the white house but also both houses of congress they still need to get some republicans on board so there's going to be some negotiation they need 10 republicans right now they can't do that but if they address border security they may be able to win them over our white house correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks. to the coronavirus pandemic and growing alarm over the spread of the contagious south african virus strai

, they have opened their border, and migrants are flowing out of the colombian jungle through central americaon through" as a shakedown, so joe sends them more foreign aid, which they pocket. i want to address this 11 million number. i've been a fox since 2003. i used to be a producer before they put makeup on me. we used to do research packets. how many illegals in this country. in 2003, it was 11 million. you're saying nearly 20 years later, the number is still 11 million? no, no, no no no. it's at least 20 million. everybody knows it. >> dana: sometimes the white house decides to let congress write the legislation so they can hand off the approach. are they heading right into a political -- >> juan: i don't see that this is going to pass as a comprehensive bill. basically, it is like that bipartisan bill in 2013. he got 68 votes in the senate. there were 14 republicans who backed the bill. we are seeing now is, clearly, this issue has to be seen through the lens of the last four years of donald trump. i think republicans have become more aggressive, less open to immigration, and democrats

they've dedicated $4 billion in the short term to try to address these issues in central america, buting to be a very long effort and one that i think starts with an acknowledgement of these issues that we're talking about. it's not that you have good migrants and bad migrants versus people that have violence and it is a combination of all these different things and it will take a long-term investment and recognition of that to change some of these trends. >> well, we've got time to have that discussion now so we will have it often. caitlin dickerson is a staff writer for the atlantic and she covers immigration in great detail, as you can see. >>> the biden administration may be ramping up the covid-19, fort and those who desperately need the vaccine still can't get access. how the system work against them is next on "velshi." is next on " your clothes can repel pet hair. look how the shirt on the left attracts pet hair like a magnet! pet hair is no match for bounce. with bounce, you can love your pets, and lint roll less. with relapsing forms of ms, there's a lot to deal with. not ju

i'm talking about the handling of asylum seekers from central america. this goes back to multiple administrations. it's a tough problem. you can blame the countries that make it so hard for these people to live there, which is why they seek asylum. but blaming only gets you so far. president bush says that the goal here in these new policies that i'm taking on for you, one of the goals is to curb the extremes that mandated some of those migrants wait in squalid camps in mexico as they seek asylum, leaving their home countries in central america. but look at this tonight. "the new york times" reporting the biden order sets up a review that will, quote, not immediately address the reality that many of those migrants, including children, have been waiting for months in dangerous conditions already. that is just a tough part of the problem. and even apart from those humanitarian cases, let's remember, as it's immigration day in the biden white house today, there are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the united states right now that are awaiting some kind

lot of the conditions that were leading to people or driving people out of their countries in central america extreme poverty widespread violence political instability these are things that have improved you could argue that they've actually been exacerbated by the coded 1000 pandemic now you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into the region late last year in november in honduras alone this resulted in more than a 1000000 people being displaced you put all of these factors together and you start to get a better picture of what's really driving this increase in migrant numbers over the course of the last few months. and government has released dozens of pro-democracy activists from jail as the country prepares to mark the 2nd out of the story of a popular uprising. the prominent journalist harlan deryni was among 33 people freed and a presidential pardon algeria's president i've been watching to boone announced the mood to appease the iraq protest movement which forced former leader abdul aziz beautifully from power in 2019 organizers are now calling for mass protests on

might as well be across central america and beyond. biden's open borders zealots have what they want. big business, they get their slave labor and the social justice warriors, the far left squad type they have their new population that can be molded and formed into socialist party faithful. eventually they hope to swamp the voting power of all of you americans out there who still know the country's traditions, constitution, and history. heck, you may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year but illegals arriving since biden's inauguration, they get to stay free of charge. san diego arranged housing for hundreds of arriving migrants in a downtown high rise total where they are being quarantined before being allowed to join family or friends in the interior of the united states. it sounds so pleasant. can you believe that? at a time when our own people are suffering. now, that takes us back to tomorrow's barnum and bailey revival in the senate. democrats are arguing that trump welcomed and incited a violent incursion into the capitol.

creating refugee processing centers and central america. well, it gets worse and worse if you can believe it. basically, biden is going to cease deporting all but the most violent criminals. and border patrol officers will no longer be able to ban entry at our borders by those who had already been here illegally on previous occasions. oh, goody. most americans aren't traveling out of the country due to covid stuff, illegals will be free to come and go, no questions asked. this legislation is sponsored by pro-open border senator who will call you a racist if you don't support his efforts. >> time and time again we have compromised too much and french voices who refuse to accept the humanity to our country -- from john boehner to white nationalists to manipulative madman named donald trump that will always be those who stand against immigrants. >> laura: do you understand now? first of all, completely blurs the distinction between illegal and legal immigrants. you have to understand what he's saying. belief in strong border enforcement, belie

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he says we will send millions to central america. has that worked out for the last couple decades? are those countries really going to build a thriving, safe economy so all the young men don't flee north? when has that ever happened? politicians pocket it and laugh at us. it's a noble thing to reunite families but can we reunite american families first? you can't even see your grandparents anymore. it's absolutely ridiculous. the only people who like this are his donors. open borders, cheap wages, fatter profits. the republican party went strict on the border. democrats sought as an opening to get more donations from wall street and they went way open borders and then the money flowed in. that's what this is about. blacks get heard. middle-class americans get hurt. unions get hurt. democrats don't care. they just want to stay in power and keep the donations flowing. it's sad. joe is not that hard to figure out. he's like any other politician, bought and paid for. >> dana: some groups are skeptical of joe biden. at the end of the obam

central america, of the 21st century is not central america of the 1980s. their governments are supportive and they are trying hard to work for their people and doing a much better job year in and year out. they do a much better job when we partner with them instead of treating them like road kill like this administration is doing to guatemala right now and that's the path that we took in the last administration. and we generated the best partnership, the most effective partnership on curbing illegal immigration for all of our countries ever before achieved. and that was done with some very tough, hard nosed negotiating but with operational support from cbp, from ice, from the state department. it was an all of government effort to help our allies do the same job we're trying to do for ourselves, that's enforce their own laws with respect to immigration and that helps us because it slows down the flow and makes it -- skews it to the legal instead of the illegal. >> harris: ken cuccinelli thank you very much for responding to all of my questions and all the

deported and child is in different facility, you want your child to go with you when you go down to central americathe other parent here illegally or relative, get american education and live in america. they will find a lot of unreunited families didn't want to be reunited to begin with. they talk about the reuniting families, terrible things trump administration done, look at border, parent are sending children across the border, separating themselves because they will be released to health and human services there. is no talk about that. the 14,000 children that parents hired a criminal organization to smuggle into the country. which is terrible if you think about it. they put their children in the hands of criminals but no one talks about that. i think this task force will find out a lot of things. i doubt they will talk about. they will keep it hidden. elizabeth: i hear what you're saying. we're seeing, we're tracking the border patrol reports about what's happening right now at the border. and they're talking now about how mexico refuses, is not cooperating with the u.s. on drug cartels and h

very receptive to gersony's arguments about human rights in africa and central america and elsewhere. so george schultz is like minor distant character and you see a side of george schultz you may not get elsewhere despites all that's been wherein about him over the -- written about him over the last 48 hours. and finally, a book about history from the ground up. it's brought the middle levels of the state department, the assistant secretaries, the deputy assistant secretaries. diplomacy is the ground level. we just had recently a great book, a great biography written about james baker iii, and that's about high policy. policy from the top. this is -- look at this book as like a compliment to that what was going on at the bottom levels, people you never heard of but accomplished great things in their very anonymous way. >> bob that was great. thank you for the introduction. i have a couple of questions just to follow up and to tee up the conversation. wanted to start by just talking about the book itself and then we'll get to gersony but for me the title was very telling and it had ec

. ♪ then down through north america into central america and perhaps even farther south before turningack to scatter widely through what is now the united states. there is a definite series of links between these earliest inhabitants and the people columbus found when he discovered america. radiation to the west from the same of beginning was probably point responsible for the civilization in the european countries to which columbus and his contemporaries in the 15th century belonged. with the map is visual proof. it is interesting to observe the soundness of the idea columbus has developed in the face of ridicule as the basis for his history-making voyage. the discovery of a new route to the east from which spices, essential to the country's food supply were being tediously transported by desert caravans was the goal of most explorers, of the period. columbus became the best known exponent of the theory that the earth is round not flat and that it followed that at least another and possibly a better way to reach a point known to be east of the place of starting was to travel west. he

obviously that's very alarming to all of us in the they are coming from central america and through mexico and to be released into the united states without being tested for covid-19 is really unconscionable. it doesn't line up with a lot of the other restrictions we are observing in the us. >> absolutely right. there's a dull standard here, what fits into the president's social agenda being driven by the far left and his open border policies pushing out, now we have to worry not only about drugs and gang members and rapists and murderers and all the other stuff coming across the border but we have to worry about this infectious disease. they are not testing anybody currently in the united states being required for release right now and encouraging thousands and thousands of people to come to our border in large groups that are going to certainly some of them will have covid-19, they will be released into our communities as well. this is inconsistent with the president's verbiage for the rest of us and instructions to the rest of the country so it is very hypocritical and run by the agenda

they estimate that 25,000 people from central america are waiting in terrible conditions like you justhey're stale -- they'll start with those who have been waiting a long time. so they will try to bring the people in first. then they'll -- they'll have a covid test before they're processed, brought into the united states, and then we understand something different will happen than what would have happened even under the obama administration and in that peas people won't be detained while they wait for court hearing. they will be released on what is called an alternative to detention. in the past it is included ankle monitors, ways for the migrants to be tracked while they live in shelters, relatives while they await the court hearing. but this is part of the biden administration's plan to try to end or at least ease some of the what we call administrative immigration detention. for people not crossing illegally but simply awaiting their court hearings. >> julia you have homeland security secretary mayorkas moving quickly and i'm not great at math but given there are about 25,000, we a

other thing that's really important as a this will affect a lot of people that have come from central america and there continue to be problems with conflict with drugs illegal human trafficking all of this is sort of the root cause of immigration that's also going to be addressed in this bill in terms of giving money to send. american governments to try and help boost people in their home country so they don't need to have economic migration for example and there will also be processing centers in central america so people don't have to make that deadly journey through mexico. in order to try and file these claims so these are some really significant aspects of the legislation that democrats say will really change things in the united states something that americans have been trying to work on for more than 2 decades white house correspondent kelly how could reporting live from washington many thanks indeed kimberly and fresco is never gracious attorney a former deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration under the obama administration he joins us now live from washington good

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says the policy change will invite a surge at the southern border large numbers of migrants from central america really from throughout the entire world. >>i've heard about these policies and understand that means they can get into the united states and stay. >>forever, but the white house says that isn't part of the planned news should not be interpreted as an opening for people to migrate irregularly to the united states. deja says the process will be gradual and could take months in washington, i'm anna wiernicki. >>coming up new at home covid-19 test they're on their way how rovers says its new test can deliver results with the help of your smartphone. and if you've recently vaccinated or been vaccinating vaccinated or been vaccinating you may want to postpone your your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system

central america is not taking individuals in.understanding its own directives. you know, illegal aliens convicted of assault, dui, money laundering, drug-related crimes will not be deported so that is the issue happening at the border. listen to this exchange with white house press secretary jen psaki and fox news peter doocy. watch this. >> there is new reporting that i.c.e. is going to get some new guidance to no longer focus on deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of dui, simple assault, solicitation, drug based crimes among other things. and i'm curious how is that in the interest of public safety? >> well, first it is guidelines that would be put out by the department of homeland security. i would certainly send you to them. they have confirmed secretary now but the priority for enforcement of immigration laws will be on those who are opposing a national security threat of course, public safety threat and on recent arrivals. nobody is saying that duis or assault are acceptable behavior. those arrested for suc

however there we've got more wintry weather on the forecast for north america big bulge of cloud into central parts pushing across the plains out of central areas of canada and that's all going to make its way further a switch so there's an expansionist snow coming into the northeastern corner snow there north of the border into quebec pushing across towards canadian maritimes and some very heavy rain running down along the eastern seaboard into the panhandle and across the gulf next batch of wintry weather waiting in the wings that's going to make its way in as we go on through saturday say clearer skies over towards easter saturday but yeah that next batch of very wintry weather will come in the potential for developing nor'easter coming in for the latter part of the weekend so that could cause some problems but up to a specific northwest significant snowfall coming through here western parts of canada warmer and drier than across california once again a woman try to across a good part of the caribbean we have got some sherry right now moving across american republic heading towards parts a

exacerbated by the pandemic you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into central america late last year displacing in honduras alone displacing more than a 1000000 people that gives you a little bit of a better idea a better picture of what is is causing this massive increase in migrant numbers thank you very much money rapidly in mexico city thanks manny i want to turn to nigeria now officials there are saying that it goes with an gang that kidnapped a group of students is on the way one child was shot and killed in the attack on a state run school in qatar on wednesday representatives from the school have told al jazeera that hundreds of children are still missing ahmed address has the story from. kill it moves his fortune or to buy coal. he injured his leg escaping from a group of kidnappers who attacked his boarding school in nigeria's got a district his brother didn't survive he was shot dead by the gunman i see it on the way. but i was sleeping when i heard the kidnappers come into our dormitories they started shooting guns when i saw them i jumped over the fence ot

brent: in central america, honduras says it will receive its first batch of covid-19 vaccines later thisonth through a program backed by the world health organization. it aims to deliver vaccines to low and middle income countries, the government in honduras is accusing rich countries of hoarding vaccines for their own people. >> a glimmer of hope in the bottle against the pandemic in honduras. in february, the country scheduled to receive its first shipment of vaccines against covid-19. the initial shots will go to front-line workers and the elderly. over 3600 people are known to have died after contracting the coronavirus in honduras. the deputy health minister says it is unfortunate there is no international law to regulate the distribution of covid vaccines. like the one made by biontech pfizer. >> the rich countries have practically monopolized the vaccine. they are denying developing countries access to more vaccine doses. >> the honduran health ministry says some 4 million doses are needed to immunize 20% of the population. it is unclear whether honduras will meet that target this

bill will modernize and improve border security and address the root causes of immigration from central america in washington alexandra le mon. >>one of the co-sponsors of the immigration bill south bay congresswoman zoe lofgren are catherine heenan of inside bay area politics talk to her about this in katherine joins us now with reaction from the congresswoman katherine, what did you say well she brandon vague it could be a pretty hard sell with republicans. but says the bill. >>has features which only makes sense including the fact of sweeps away restrictions on family immigration it would make it easier again for spouses and children to join those already in the country and lofgren dismisses the republican argument which we just heard that the bill amounts to amnesty for illegal activity. >>what we need to do is take a realistic look what is good for america. and we if there is a segment of the economy. and i believe there is in the ag sector that relies on immigrants and let's admit that and let's make a way for people to to move in and out of the united states in an orderly legal fashion a

something else it does that i think is important is to focused on what's going on in central america that's causing thousands of people to flee for their lives. thought asylum at our border, obviously we have the law of asylum. but if we ignore what's causing people to flee for their lives we are not really dealing with this effectively. and the bill not only focuses on the disorder -- in basically three countries -- but calls on other countries in the western hemisphere to be part of the solution. it shouldn't just be the united states. >> um-hum. there are some who wonder if this is the time to tackle this, though, with the pandemic, the relief still work in progress. >> well, we can do more than one thing at a time. i'm involved in a number of lichgto legislative. the the immigration measures, the covid relief measures. so they're all important. but when you think about where we are -- we've got covid rampant in certain parts of our country, really all over the united states. but if you are a farm worker, your chances of getting covid are much higher than my chances as a member of

administration was a situation that was spinning out of control, especially with people from central america using asylum as a strategy to get into the united states, even though most of them did not qualify. the trump administration actually got mexico and central american countries to cooperate with us in clamping down on that bogus use of asylum as a means of illegal immigration. this administration is winding much of that back and it will have consequences. we are already seeing significant numbers of people coming across, being let go into the united states. we will never see them again. even if they do, -- even if we do, they will not leave when their cases are rejected. it is only going to get worse. host: on the building of a new wall on the border with mexico, do you think that effort was successful or did it become a distraction to the trump administration's efforts on immigration control of the border in general? guest: yes to both. the president put too much emphasis on the wall. at the same time, physical barriers at the border are an important tool in controlling illegal immigr