Program Director Cynthia J. Arnson comments on the new ad campaign that is being implemented throughout Central America in an attempt to stop the influx of young migrants into the United States. The campaign aims to correct false rumors about immigration to the United States in hopes that fewer families will send their children across the border.
"Cynthia Arnson, director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, said the message could help if it’s run broadly enough.
“It depends. Do they put up a couple of billboards, or are they really getting the word out on radio, on television and just sending this massive kind of message?” she said.
But she cautioned that the PR campaign won’t address the structural issues of violence and poverty — what analysts call the “push factors” — that are spurring the children to flee."
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