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Odd Reasoning

Calvin Trillin

April 4, 2019

Central American migrants arrive inside a truck to Agua Caliente, Honduras, on December 22, 2016. (Reuters / Jorge Cabrera)

“Trump to cut millions in aid to 3 Central American countries.”

—The Washington Post

The surge of migrants comes from countries where Conditions are, to say the least, adverse. So here’s the plan for how we stop this surge: Cut off our aid, and make conditions worse.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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