“If you gave a false name in the U.S., please try to remember what it was.”

Want to know what happens to the 50,000 Guatemalans deported from the US? Plaza Publica's Alejandro Perez has had his article Bittersweet Welcome: The Ceaseless Cycle of Deportations from the US to Guatemala translated to English.

The tide of Guatemalan deportations from the United States is not dropping. What choices do returnees have? What attention do they receive? Public agencies, businesses and migrant organizations search jointly for alternatives but nothing seems enough to change the situation that made them first risk their lives in search of work.

While the number of Guatemalans repatriated from the US increased by 25% in 2013, it doesn't look like the total repatriated from Mexico and the US combined changed at all. See my post from December on Guatemalan deportees exceed 50,000 in 2013.