In comments January 15, Reverend Leonir Chiarello c.s., executive director of the Scalabrinian International Migration Network (SIMN), welcomed the announcement by the U.S. government to launch a new refugee processing program in Central America for families and unaccompanied children fleeing violence in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. On January 13, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the initiative, which, according to reports, could offer resettlement to up to 9,000 persons a year to the United