,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,burgess submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,president should redirect and target   
foreign assistance provided to ,el      
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras in 
a manner that addresses the driving     
causes of illegal immigration into the  
,united ,states from such countries1 and
 for other purposes4  ,whereas gang     
violence1 poverty1 and corruption are   
the main drivers of illegal immigration 
from ,el ,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and     
,honduras to the ,united ,states2       
,whereas in fiscal year #bjah1 #cd      
percent of all southwest border         
apprehensions were migrants from ,el    
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 or ,honduras1 of 
which #ij percent are unaccompanied     
alien children or family units2 ,whereas

 roughly half of ,central ,america's    
population lives in poverty1 including  
#cc percent of ,salvadorans1 #ei percent
 of ,guatemalans1 and #ff percent of    
,hondurans2 ,whereas millions of        
,salvadorans1 ,guatemalans1 and         
,hondurans face hunger at some point    
each year2 ,whereas in particular1 the  
indigenous people of ,mayan descent in  
,guatemala are the most malnourished    
population in the world with children   
averaging #f inches shorter than the    
global average height for their ages1 as
 reported by the ,world ,health         
,organization2 ,whereas transnational   
criminal organizations use ,central     
,american countries to traffic          
approximately #ij percent of the cocaine
 bound for the ,united ,states2 ,whereas
 gang-related violence in ,el ,salvador1
 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras contributes  
to the highest homicide rates in the    
world2 ,whereas ,salvadorans1           
,guatemalans1 and ,hondurans are forced 
to pay hundreds of millions of dollars  

in protection taxes by gangs and        
transnational criminal organizations2   
,whereas the ,united ,states provided   
more than #b1fjj1jjj1jjj in foreign     
assistance to ,central ,american        
countries between fiscal years #bjae and
 #bjah1 and ,congress has proposed to   
provide #eie1jjj1jjj in such assistance 
during fiscal year #bjai2 ,whereas there
 exists the potential for foreign       
assistance from the ,united ,states to  
be misused by central government        
officials in ,el ,salvador1 ,guatemala1 
and ,honduras in order to reduce the    
success of anti-corruption efforts2 and 
,whereas systemic corruption in ,el     
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras    
undermines efforts to address the       
driving causes of illegal immigration   
into the ,united ,states from such      
countries3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 it is the sense of the ,house of       
,representatives that the ,president    
should redirect foreign assistance      
provided to ,el ,salvador1 ,guatemala1  

and ,honduras away from the central     
governments of such countries and       
instead target such assistance in a     
manner that addresses the driving causes
 of illegal immigration into the ,united
 ,states from such countries1 by        
supporting local and regional           
governmental entities as well as        
entities in the private sector and civil
 society1 especially non-profit1        
faith-based1 or non-governmental        
organizations and educational           
institutions1 that are addressing such  
causes4