repatriating."]]> discretion about repatriating."]]> violations.]]> migration and interior department representatives from the U.S., Mexico and Central America meet in Nicaragua.]]> apprehended since October.]]> attribute the increased immigration to a failure to secure the border and recent immigration policy changes that led many to believe child migrants would be allowed to stay.]]> deported to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, where they overwhelmed weak and corrupt police forces.]]> truce between street gangs has led to a steep rise in homicides this year.]]> pervasive gang violence and crushing poverty.]]> consensus to help the migrants.]]> eligible for political asylum, which is reserved for groups persecuted for their beliefs or identities.]]> advocates call death squads engaged in a wave of social cleansing of criminals.]]> persecuted for their beliefs or identities.]]> urgent attention."]]> critics and human rights advocates call death squads engaged in a wave of social cleansing of criminals.]]>