Thread: State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

“They Haven’t Done a Thing for Us” – President Trump Ends Payments to Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua


March 30, 2019

Jim Hoft


According to Gallup five million third world migrants from Latin America to the United States in the next 12 months.




There currently are at least 1.1 million Salvadoran immigrants in the United States.

The number represents about one-fifth (19.1 percent) of the total population of El Salvador (5.7 million in 2007 according to the Salvadoran Department of Statistics and Censuses).




(Migration Policy map)


A 20,000 strong caravan of illegal migrants is currently organizing for its trek to the United States.


On Friday President Trump told ABC he was cutting financial aid to Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Trump told ABC, “They haven’t done a thing for us.”

It’s about time.

The Daily Mail reported:

Donald Trump has announced that he is cutting financial assistance to the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

Trump hinted at the cuts on Friday, as a Mexican minister claimed that the ‘mother of all caravans’ with more than 20,000 people was being organized by Honduras.

ABC reported Trump as saying: ‘I’ve ended payments to Guatemala, to Honduras, and to El Salvador. No money goes there anymore…
…Trump claimed those financial aid programs would end saying: ‘We’re not paying them anymore because they haven’t done a thing for us.’ Most migrants from the three countries come to the U.S.



https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...and-nicaragua/

IMHO, I think this takes a lot more finesse than Trump has; but I hope I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeach

ABC reported Trump as saying: ‘I’ve ended payments to Guatemala, to Honduras, and to El Salvador. No money goes there anymore…
…Trump claimed those financial aid programs would end saying: ‘We’re not paying them anymore because they haven’t done a thing for us.’

That's what Trump says, very strange indeed..... Officials would not say exactly how much money would be affected by the directive with some of it likely already spent.

I would love for them to cut off all foreign aid. However, I also know that doing so will not stop a single illegal or asylum claimant from showing up at our border.

We can't rely on other countries to secure our border, that's our job!

CUT OFF THE AID...ALL OF IT

DEPORT THEM ALL

THEY ARE NOT ROUNDING UP THEIR GANGS AND PUTTING THEM IN PRISONS

ALL THE BILLIONS WE SEND HAVE ZERO RESULTS!

SEND IN TROOPS TO PUT GANGS IN PRISONS AND THEN GET OUT!

Trump Administration Cuts Financial Aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala Until

A Lifeline in Honduras: Cash From the U.S. - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lifel...u-s-1533643200

Aug 7, 2018 - The money transfers soared in 2017 as migrants fearful of deportation sent home more of their savings, according to the World Bank. In El Salvador, remittances rose nearly 10% to $5.1 billion, and in Honduras 12% to $4.3 billion. In Guatemala they rose 14% to $8.5 billion, or 12% of GDP. . .

10/17/19

Trump administration says it will restore some U.S. aid to Central America