turning to central america now guatemala's conservative candidate has won the country's presidential election it was forced time lucky for 63 year old alex hunter and he is now tasked with taking on a u.s. president ultra over an immigration deal that few politicians in guatemala actually like. a 100 gemma tate looks pleased and relieved after 3 failed attempts he finally won blah tomorrow's presidential election little goes it's been 12 long years 12 years of wanting to hold this position and not because i meant vicious but because i have a mission. but it won't be an easy ride 2 thirds of all guatemalans live below the poverty line gang crime is rampant corruption even more so immediate employ people live here for the same reasons there are just no prospects here. even with a university degree you can't find a job. we want security most of all fewer criminals in the thugs we need to protect our families we need to. know it's up to gemma tay to make good on his promises he won the election as a conservative law and order candidate with hard line positions he's pro death penalty for

and now from south east africa to central america guatemala has long been in broiled in a kind of civil war between enemy drug gangs the country has one of the highest murder rates in the world often even the police appear helpless to do anything. but what about ordinary citizens many hope to leave dreaming of a future in the u.s. or europe others up to stay determined to lead a decent life amidst the violence. johnnie alexander says if you work on the street you have to be a good judge of people not all are nice and you have to be able to deal with that. johnny is a star of freestyle soccer and he earns a living doing it. for almost a dollar that's good. he sometimes makes $12.00 a day. he's 21 and lives from hand to mouth as do many people in guatemala. half the population live in poverty work is hard to come by but many jobs pay poorly. johnny earns more than the minimum wage free styling on the streets for donations. he's often wondered if it might make sense to leave. studying here is too expensive i want to take europe by storm i think that respect my skills there of course everyb

they are from central america, honduras, guatemala, el salvador, and people from even further away. countries, particularly cameroon. one reason for the dramatic increase is a deal between mexico and the united states that came into force at the start of this year. people who pass into the united states undocumented and ask for asylum were put back into mexico while they waited for that process to play out. well they have waited for their appointments and hearings for asylum. those can be months apart. meanwhile, those people are stuck in limbo. the mexican government did say it was going to provide tens of care,nds of jobs, health schooling, but that has not materialized. we are now eight months into that process and into that deal. many people are deciding to simply go back to their homelands. the problem is there they face the poverty they fled or even worse, threats from organized gangsand the cartels, the , especially in places like honduras and el salvador. many peoples's lives our misery. >> a former president arrested after his home was stormed for the second time in 24 hour

turning to central america now guatemala's conservative candidate has won the country's presidential election it was forced time lucky for 63 year old alex hunter and he is now tasked with taking on u.s. president donald trump over an immigration deal that few politicians in guatemala actually like. a 100 jemma tae looks pleased and relieved after 3 failed attempts he finally won blah tomorrow's presidential election little goes it's been 12 long years 12 years of wanting to hold this position and not because i'm ambitious but because i have a mission. but it won't be an easy ride 2 thirds of all guatemalans lives below the poverty line gang crime is rampant corruption even more so in need employ people live here for the same reasons there are just no prospects here. even with a university degree you can't find a job. that invalid us if we want security most of all fewer criminals than the thugs we need to protect our families. that are needed. now it's up to gemma tate to make good on his promises he won the election as a conservative law and order candidate with hard line positions

of the us mexico border these most of them on actually mexicans they're people from central america honduras guatemala el salvador and people from even further away african countries particularly cameroon that have gone up this route trying to get to the united states now one reason for that dramatic increase is a deal between mexico and the united states that really came into force at the start of this year and under that deal people that passed into the united states undocumented and asked for asylum in that country were put back into mexico while they waited for that process to play out and while they waited for their appointments and their hearings for that assigning process now those appointments can be months apart so meanwhile those people are stuck in limbo and really there isn't a lot for them to do here on the mexican side of the border the mets can government did say that it was going to provide tens of thousands of jobs health care schooling for the children but that just hasn't materialized and we're now 8 months into that process and into that deal so those people many of them we're hear

but still nothing on site here in parts of the atlantic heavy rain across parts of central america panama city guatemala managua you're going to see some very heavy rain over the next few days that is going to continue as we go towards wednesday as well ground is saturated here so mudslides landslides could be an issue but up towards kingston it is going to be a nice day in jamaica with a temperature of $33.00 and then very quickly across parts of south america we're going to be seeing a nice day over here towards rio de janeiro maybe a passing shower pushing through but over here towards what is that is it is going to be a cool day with you with a temperature of 10. perception is validation we believe want to be seen but in one life time we cannot see everything. we would lie under the experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. of that testimony we would know very little. with this documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. and as a product and with the top stories on al-jazeera argentina's conservative president maurice your marker is valid to win a 2nd term despite a shock

and the united states and that deal basically means that people a lot of them from central america home door to guatemala and el salvador that crossed over into the united states undocumented and then asked for asylum while they wait for that process to continue for their next appointment in that process have been put back into mexico not their homeland by u.s. officials and they're sort of waiting along that border area on the mexican side and that's meant that there's been a huge increase really on people in towns like to see it out why it is and other places in time and all of the known these border towns is quite dangerous places come a live person and one in particular at the moment has one of the worst homicide rates in all of mexico there is also people from other countries such as cameroon in africa a lot of people though of arrived in the last month fleeing persecution in their own country they've come in from brazil ecuador and then going all the way are quite dangerous areas of jungle areas where they've been robbed and extorted and have made that up their way up to places like to point to hop

and now from south east africa to central america guatemala has long been in broiled in a kind of civil war between enemy drug gangs the country has one of the highest murder rates in the world often even the police appear helpless to do anything. but what about ordinary citizens many hope to leave dreaming of a future in the u.s. or europe others up to stay determined to lead a decent life amidst the violence. johnnie alexander says if you work on the street you have to be a good judge of people not all are nice and you have to be able to deal with that. johnny is a star of freestyle soccer and he earns a living doing it. for almost a dollar that's good. he sometimes makes $12.00 a day. he's 21 and lives from hand to mouth as do many people in guatemala. half the population live in poverty work is hard to come by and many jobs pay poorly. johnny earns more than the minimum wage free styling on the streets for donations. he's often wondered if it might make sense to leave. studying here is too expensive i want to take europe by storm i think they'd respect my skills there of course ever

from central america by requiring migrants to apply in guatemala rather than the u.s. border. >>> they were bugging out today in san francisco. critters of all kinds were on display and if you were lucky, you got to touch them. the special anniversary celebrated at the zoo. >>> i am meteorologist drew tuma. temperatures bouncing back in our warmest spots today. it will be hotter tomorrow. how long will the heat stick around? our forecast ahead. >>> we share a digital series called "more in common." 8 years old, liam has under gone 15 surgeries including two brain surgeries this past year. now he's getting to escape the hospital and just be a kid again at summer camp. >> reporter: liam is walking away from a tough year of spina bifida. he had 15 surgeries just at 8 years old. the scars from his recent ones are still healing. he's not at the hospital this week. he's at summer camp. >> you don't have to do this or that. >> reporter: you had to spend some time at the hospital lately? >> i had a back surgery. i had to be on my back for about a bunch of days. >> reporter: wh

central maish america. he -- in central america. she says she need more information about the president's deal with guatemala. she describes that as a difficult challenge to the guatemalans and it's shameful what's happening in guatemala. >> she says she needs more information. but she didn't need more information before shy of denounced the system. the democrats there be against anything that's helps the border. if the democrats care about places like guatemala, what they need is a freer, more prosperous, the president negotiated. they think they used to claim to be tough on trade. if we get this deal things could be more hopeful. it's designed do this. iran was and much more of a threat to the united states than guatemala. they have snow solutions to the board. one solution on the democratic debate was free healthcare for anyone anyone who wants to come in here illegally. liz: what does it say to the people of guatemala when they see a powerful dem crafts krat coming in there. the president had to get that deal done with guatemala via tariffs. >> they are in a tough situation it's not at wealthy country. li

part of that is to give them a safe place to assert their claims in central america. in guatemalath a processing center. and if they continue to flow to the border and move then if they follow their claims we may not see them again for years. if that continues it will just continue to hold these families in so we want them to be able to assert their claims and do it in a humane setting in the best place to do that is in a safe place we established with international cooperation with guatemala to do it down there so that we save them a terrible journey and terrible crossing into this country. >> i want to pursue that because obviously we don't want to send folks back children back to an unsafe place. but now you are saying you have to stay in that place you are fleeing while we process your claims which could take a long time. tell me more about the international effort to put them someplace. talking about refugee camp?in guatemala? if they believe they are being persecuted or attacked or threatened by drug cartels we have to keep them safe while we go through the process. >> one o

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administration is trying to restrict applications for asylum in the us from central america by requiring migrants to apply in guatemala, rather than at the us border. well us customs and border protection is downplaying an emotional video showing a girl begging for agents to release her parents after raids in mississippi. a video that it's all right there nearly 700 undocumented immigrants were rounded up wednesday at 7 meat processing plants and 6 mississippi cities since then an 11 year-old girl was seen on video sopping in pleading for ice to let her parents go the acting us customs and border protection commissioner seemed to dispute the video. >>the girl i know it's emotional i know it's done on purpose to show a a picture like that understand that the girls upset and i get that but her father committed a crime. >>morgan said the majority of people in the us illegally steal identities of us citizens and get fraudulent documents like social security cards white house has told ice to conduct dozens more workplace raids. well authorities say a morning fire in pennsylvania claimed the lives of 5 children and sent ano

coming over the border, i think it should be a crime, and but the problem is in central america, in what's happening in guatemala and honduras and el salvador is gangs are running the country so people are fleeing with kids and families and sending them here and the president's response is cut the state department budget that wouldd fix those problems in those countries, we have to play offense and make sure that we are dealing with the problem where it is which is in central america, this is about having a bigger vision for how to solve these problems and, look, i'm for border security, we all are, we should be for people seeking asylum and they are going to get killed or daughter put in sex trade in country in central america, let's work on a pathway toto citizenship. maria: look, you mentioned the president's role in all of this, what about your colleagues on theut left, what about the squad and thed comments that they mae about israel, the comments about others that they're making, i mean, this is all the same conversation, isn't it? >> we need to heal. maria: yeah. >> in america and as i said in the debate

cloud there just pushing across into have ana and then across into central america the rain is further to the southward from guatemala down tools panama and then all monday want to see some more rain to the forecast in southern mexico 23 the high celsius that and 31 in havana. on counting the cost a new world currency to challenge the dollar facebook's global dominance faces challenges. currency wars china lets the one depreciate as trump wraps up the trade war the economic and environmental costs of sand extract counting the cost on al-jazeera. for the last 2 years the students have been collecting rubbish every day it's helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilo's of plastic waste they collect this school receives a brick made of plastic and cement. for some activists this may not be the most ecological way to eliminate the problems of plastic but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the country waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the good this is the live from doha com

guatemala into a holding facility. most migrants are from central america. w this border -- this deal would say while you're in guatemala, you have to apply for asylum there. if you fail to get that, you can apply for asylum in the united states from guatemala. it makes guatemala the end of the journey for anybody who is not guatemalan and mexican. it does raise a big stop sign. this is a national law and guatemalan law as well. the trump administration made it clear that this is not necessarily upheld or put into action, then there may be economic consequences for guatemala, tariffs against t possibly taxes on the many remittances they send home and 42% of guatemalan exports go to the united states. essentially the choice is economic ruin for u.s. actions or the damage of having hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers might do. generally the message is the u.s. is no longer open for your pleas for asylum. >> nick peyton walsh, thank you. >>> a new threat to some of the world's most endangered animals. the trump administration is announcing some of the broade

i think it should be a crime but the problem is, in central america, and what's happening in guatemaland honduras and el salvador is gangs are running the country and so the president 's response to that is cut the state department budget that would fix those problems in those countries. we've got to play offense and make sure that we are dealing with the problem, where it is, which is in central america. this is about having a bigger vision for how to solve these problems, and look, i'm for border security. we all are. we should be for people seeking asylum and being able to be safe in the united states if they get killed or their daughter gets put in a sex trade in a country in central america, and then let's work on a pathway to citizen ship. maria: look, you mentioned the president's role in all of this, but what about your colleagues on the left? what about, you know, the squad and the comments that they make about israel, the comments about others they're making? this is all the same conversation isn't it? >> we need to heal. maria: yeah. >> in america, and as i said in the debat

administration is trying to restrict applications for asylum in the us from central america by requiring migrants to apply in guatemala kron 4 morning news tennis superstar serena williams, she breaks down in tears as she withdraws from a tournament. that story coming up in just a few minutes. >>today's box office report brought to you by the new luxury lounges at century san francisco center. we had several new movies hit theaters this weekend but were they enough to unseat hobbs and shaw and take the number one spot let's find out rick damigella has a look. >>hey randi. >>once upon a time in hollywood dropped from 3rd down to 5th on ticket sales of million. world to explore door and the lost city of gold dug up $17 million in box office treasure, good enough for a 4th place debut while the lion king stepped back from second to 3rd place with million. scary stories to tell in the dark performed at the high end of pundits predictions opening in second with million. fast and furious presents hobbs and shaw held first place for a second weekend racing off with million bringing the movie pass the million milestone at the

into sunday but for parts of central america you could see some rather wet weather central and southern parts of mexico could see some lively showers maybe also down to guatemala i suspect the wettest weather will be around costa rica and also panama. china has one of the world's highest of beef but many a take up the farmers against a military style white not to buy them surgery one o one east investigates as the chinese battle to get in shape on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the good and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. thousands of people to file lockdown in indian administered kashmir to voice their anger against the removal of its autonomy. frankly we. intelligence background. the us president calls for stronger checks on gun ownership but will america's powerful gun lobby lend it supports. 20 people killed in southern yemen this fighting continues between forces backed by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. of the radiation scare in russia after a series of explosions at military bases. large protests of broken out in indian administered kashmir for the 1st time since the disputed region

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to turn guatemala into a buffer zone to stem migration will john holmes with us now in mexico city keeping an eye on things i imagine migration as it is across central america will be a very big election issue. yet huge in guatemala right now and one of the reasons you just talked about it a deal done with the united states now the details of that there are this migrants coming through guatemala many of them are going to be from honduras and el salvador they have to arsk for asylum in guatemala rather than go through to the united states if this deal is ratified by the guatemalan congress and that would mean that tens of thousands of people that before would be just passing through having to stay in guatemala and asked for asylum there now this is a country in which more than half the population lives in poverty and which almost a 1000000 children suffer from malnutrition so of course voters a many politicians as well are asking themselves how exactly is this going to happen and it's going to work now the 2 candidates the left standing in the election of both said that they're not happy about this but say that the outgoing president probably shouldn't have

cloud there just pushing across into have anna and then across into central america the rain is further to the southward from guatemala down tools panama and then all monday long see some more rain to forecast in southern mexico 23 the high celsius there and 31 in havana. if you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going all what is this gross is a religion that they have an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic growth this is still the center of capitalism there is no limits i view myself as a capital artist we are trying to beggar the world smaller and smaller we don't want to be set realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing pains on al-jazeera. an estimated 100000 lives cruelly ended over a century ago. a distant past not to the descendants of the sawtooth. a tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels and the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people to maybe. scholars of my people a witness documentaries on how to sierra. hello again it's good to have you with us adrian for going to hear a do

cloud there just pushing across into have anna and then across into central america the rain is further to the southward from guatemala down towards panama and then all monday want to see some more rain to the forecast in southern mexico 23 the high celsius there and 31 in havana. on counting the cost a new world currency to challenge the dollar facebook's global dominance faces challenges. currency wars china lets the one to appreciate is trump ratchets up the trade war the economic and environmental costs of sand extract counting the costs on al-jazeera. out there either says the couple took me to understand a very different way were there before opening up and we don't leave our. welcome back a quick reminder at the top stories here on the al-jazeera southern separatists in yemen have agreed to a cease fire in the city of aden saudi that coalition called for the truce after separatist forces took control of the presidential palace a military camps southern port city is the temple city yemen's international scope . the u.n. secretary general has condemned a car bomb attack that's killed 3 u.n. employees in libya the

central america. are you ready? it is you. >> guatemala suffering one of the greatest droughts in the reported history caused nott by god nor mother nature but by you and me and all of us in ourhe emissions and our excesses and our in actions in theio face of the facts and the science and the truth. >> laura: here to react is mario duarte, the secretary of intelligence in guatemala. mr. secretary, what is your reaction? did mother nature have nothing to do with this? it's really our fault? >> hi, laura, first's of all, wt can i tell you? it is a silly comment to say something like that. obviously, taken away from the environmental issues that the entire world faces but definitely claiming that the united states is at fault for all th eills that our countries, that is simply ludicrous. we have two take into account our own responsibilities as country and our people. and so i think such comments really don't add anything to the political debate in the united states. >> laura: also, take a listenur to what else beto o'rourke claims the u.s. i

from central america by requiring migrants to apply in guatemala rather than the u.s. border. >>> work begins in emeryville to remove toxic soil from the ground where 500 homes will be built. the site at sherwin avenue and horton street served as a sherwin williams paint factory until 2006. two areas of ground have been tainted with lead and arsenic. the materials will be taken to a special disposal facility. >>> sears says liquidation sales will start at more than two dozen stores this week. that includes the store on summers ville and antioch. the stores will close sometime in october. the move comes as the company struggles to become profitable after filing for bankruptcy back in october. >>> here is a look at temperatures. you can see we even have a 70 out around antioch. get used to that. those cool temperatures are going to be -- those warm temperatures i should say are going to be a mainstay out on the highway 4 corridor. also joining that is pittsburg at 71, brentwood at 65. upper 50s, danville, san ramon, dublin. we have 58 in san car rose, mid to upper 50s in

the mexican national guard stand watch over the country's southern border of guatemala to deter groups moving from central americage president trump has been asking for, but instead of the u.s. border, 11,000 members of the mexican national guard now stand watch over their southern border at the river that divides mexico from guatemala. it's all part of a new mexican government crack down. the commander here insisted we conceal his identity over security concerns and tells us their mission is limited in scope. the military can't physically touch migrants who come through here, instead providing a deterrent. many from central and south america trying to get to the u.s. begin their journey across mexico at this point. >> that show of force along the border with guatemala is half the story. the mexican government is setting up centers like this one in an attempt to get migrants to register. it's their way of trying to bring some semblance of order in a clearly chaotic situation. some here have lived in the u.s. and have been deported and are attempting to get back. because of recently immigration policies from the t

into sunday but for parts of central america you could see some rather wet weather central and southern parts of mexico could see some lively showers maybe also down to guatemala i suspect the wettest weather will be around costa rica and also panama. china has one of the world's highest. but maybe at taking up the fox again for military. to radical surgery what i want to investigate is the chinese battle to get in shape on al-jazeera on counting the cost a new world currency to challenge the dollar facebook's global dominance faces challenges. currency walls china lets the one depreciate its trump ratchets up the trade war the economic and environmental costs of sand extract counting the costs on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera at least a dozen people have been injured in srinagar as thousands rallied against india's crackdown on kashmir as autonomy. and its tear gas to disperse protesters in the indian administered region remains under a security lockdown. the u.s. president has called for commonsense solutions to address gun violence but on the front to show the national rifle association its views would be resp

into sunday but for parts of central america you could see some rather wet weather central and southern parts of mexico could see some lively showers maybe also down to guatemala i suspect the wettest weather will be around costa rica and also panama. scholar and lawyer. thinker. and politician. radical and prisoner in a 2 part series al-jazeera world tells the story of one of the most enigmatic figures in saddam's turbulent history. whose influence is still felt on events in the country today sit down i'll to robbie's life and politics on al-jazeera al-jazeera is there with us doing things but also a day to see what happens next. on the fired by the where model barricaded all the 7th street that b.b.q. here the middle east now is all about change people have gone to hear that area the mission of the national army is to 16 tie up the oil complex and i'm just stories about telling it from the people's perspective what they think is happening in their culture. and i get it's good to have you with us adrian for the going to here in doha with the news hour from al-jazeera the headlines at least a dozen people have been injured in srinagar as thousands rallied agai

still nothing on site here in parts of the atlantic heavy rain though across parts of central america panama city guatemala managua you're going to see some very heavy rain over the next few days that is going to continue as we go towards wednesday as well ground is saturated here so mudslides landslides could be an issue but up towards kingston it is going to be a nice day in jamaica with a temperature of $33.00 and then very quickly across parts of south america we're going to be seeing a nice day over here towards rio de janeiro maybe a passing shower pushing through but over here towards what is out as it is going to be a cool day with you where the temps are up 10. setting in the discussions police in cape town has struggled to looking steadily gang violence examining the headlines now under president putin russia is making a push to engage explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire but. it's almost 2nd nature and i also know what they see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. scholar and lawyer. thinker. and politician. radical and prisoner

and that it is a better picture across much of central america we have the tools east through panama but really it is mostly dry as we head on towards guatemala of the yucatan peninsula and into southern sections of mexico still a few. city and 30 celsius across in havana. zira. hello and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha with me and it's the problem coming up in the next 60 minutes south korea scraps and intelligence sharing packed japan as a political and trade dispute undermine security cooperation over north korea. brazil's president says farms could be illegally allowing the amazon to bird but wants foreign powers against meddling. risking a new arms race moscow and washington trade accusations of the united nations after a new american missile tests. and u.n. investigators say the scale of sexual violence against the by myanmar's military shows genocide of the 10. bell south korea is ending an intelligence sharing pact with japan and yet another escalation of tensions between the neighbors japan has called decision regrettable and has summoned the south korean ambassador with a deal was aimed at shari

central america. >> mexico is stepping up to do more enforcement between chavez and guatemala.ransportation routes, human smugglers, they are making progress and seen a reduction in flows. >> reporter: the public charge rule is expected to take effect october 15th. >>> president trump's immigration rule change is criticized from the nonprofit group chinese for affirmative action , the group is denouncing the public charge rule saying they will increase hardships for working class immigrants and unfairly restrict future family based immigration and says the rules penalize immigrants and harm working class families. >> the group claims because of the public charge rule, 3 million people due to fear, are at risk of dropping out of the assistance programs. state assembly appropriations committee will vote on a bill to lower voting age to 17. yesterday young activists rallied oh up the steps of the state capitol. tamers say they should be allowed to vote on the decisions that affect them. constitutional amendment 8 would need to pass two third of the assembly and state senate to mak

central america where she led a delegation to explore the causes of migration. the speaker along with democratic anrepublican members of congress traveled to guatemala and el salvador and honduras. they made a stop at immigration detention center in texas. >> for them to invade a workplace, divide families, really under mines the character of america. what the motivation for it is, i will leave up to others to decide. >> they met with faith and community leaders and families seeking asylum. >>> california lawmakers go back to work today after taking most of the summer off. members of the senate and the state assembly have one month to get bills passed before they adjourn for the year. a measure would force companies like uber and lift to treat they drivers like full-time employyear. lawmadjourn on september 13th. >>> san francisco, voters expected to be very interested in a november ballot measure, one could limit the saof electronic cigarettes, it was certified to be on the ballot, today the city will assign the measure a place on the ballot by giving a letter, proposition t. the measure call for stronger age evictions to keep teenagers and children from vaping. >

and political interference in central america going back at least to the fifty's when the cia mounted a coup against a democratically elected president in guatemala then through the seventy's and eighty's supported the read the the death squads who were torturing people and locking them up and killing them without due process in el salvador and guatemala and then in 2009 the obama administration encouraged by secretary of state hillary clinton supported an illegal coup in honduras and the military forces that carried out the coup were trained at the united states what used to be called the school of the americas which for years trained terrorists and torturers in how to better control their people as part of the cold war and then the united states wanting stability in the in the in central america to make it safe for foreign investment and cooperation with us adventures these $600.00 plus people who busted in recent raids in mississippi. seem like pawns to me because if they're taking our jobs is really a problem why didn't we go after the employers. absolutely i mean the employer was just left alone when 686 people were rounded up and this also

providing a deterrent, many from central and south america trying to get to the u.s., begin their journey across mexico at this point. that show of force along the border with guatemala is only half the story the mexican government is setting up centers like this one in an attempt to get migrants to register it's their way of trying to bring some semblance of order in what is very clearly a chaotic situation. some here have already lived in the u.s. and been deported, and are attempting to get back, but because of recent immigration policies from the trump administration, others have given up did you think about going to the u.s. >> no. >> reporter: why not >> because i can't afford it already. >> reporter: as night falls, we meet ishmael, his parents took him to california when he was 3. he, too, was recently deported, living almost his entire life in america. are you trying to get back >> i am. i am trying to get back. >> reporter: how are you -- >> either legally or, if possible, illegal. yes. >> reporter: so you would cross back illegally if you had? >> yes, definitely, just to be back with my family. >> reporter: between the deportations, the family situation po

interesting those 2 issues because guatemala isn't as crime ridden it's a homicide rates aren't as bad as honduras and el salvador other countries in central america or even mexico oprah zille of the countries in latin america but there's a perception among the population that there's violence there's a perception that there's not enough jobs and there is more than half the country that seem poverty is especially in rural areas there's lots of children affected by mountain tradition almost a 1000000 children this in a country with a population of about 17000000 so that's quite a substantial number of the population they want and aunts to all of those problems and as you correctly say what the mother is the country sending the most migrants to the united states at the moment and really people say that's a product of the fact that there are those problems at home and that's driving people to sort of try and search for their future further north john what is the likelihood that either of these 2 candidates stars and jamma today will bring change when there are so many structural problems within the system particularly with corruption. you know you're

has been combined with heavy rain as well, and this not only in guatemala as you mentioned, it's affecting the dry corridor of central america lot of the countries we mentioned are the ones that have come up when it comes to debate at immigration in the united states, basically the —— the debacle is taking place at the border of mexico. but i wonder as you say, glad michael has authority to implement any particular initiative to ease the drought and to help people get the food they need. we are working very closely with the government to support some of the most vulnerable communities and some of the most vulnerable families. 0bviously, and some of the most vulnerable families. obviously, it's not enough because, i mean we had seenjust in guatemala itself, about half the families are affected by serious food crisis. so this is only in guatemala. so we are providing together with government some support to the family. but it's really not enough. and what we need to continue working with is the families is to enable demand stay where they are because really, no family really where they are because really, no fa m ily really wa