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Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Panama’s Darien Gap

Summary The Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion exploring the remote area of the Darien Gap, the infamous jungle passage through which extra-continental migrants cross from South America to North America on their way to the United States southern border. International migrants are passing through the gap’s dense rainforest in record numbers. How is it impacting the indigenous people of Panama who have populated this area for thousands of years? Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of Parsing Immigration Policy, moderates a rebroadcast of the Center's recent panel. Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Immigration Studies and host of the live panel, helps overview the migration problems plaguing the Isthmus of Panama. The Honorable Francisco Agapi, Mayor of Cémaco, Panama and a member of the Embera tribe, flew in from Panama for his first visit to Washington, D.C. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), a member of the U.S.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies