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US and Mexico immigration: Portraits of Guatemalan refugees in limbo

  • Written by Oscar Gil-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imagePedro and family.Manuel Gil, CC BY

Many of Guatemala’s refugees produced by its long civil war are still stateless today.

The war lasted between 1954 and 1996 and inflicted significant harm, particularly on indigenous Mayans. The conflict prompted 200,000 Guatemalans to flee to Mexico, where up to 43,000 refugees established settlement camps....

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