Report from the Migrant Trail in South America
When the Trump administration instituted Title 42 expulsions in March 2020, many migrants decided to head south instead. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians, Venezuelans, and extra-continental migrants made their way to Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. All these countries boast wages many times higher than the countries the migrants were fleeing, and so they were seen as acceptable substitutes for the United States.