The New York Times has published a misleading article claiming global warming is largely responsible for unauthorized immigrants entering the U.S. from Central America.
The article, titled “A Warming World Creates Desperate People,” alleges global warming is causing crop failures in Central America, which in turn has forced people to flee north to the U.S. In reality, global and Central American crop production is at record levels.
The true lesson from The New York Times’ article is a beneficial climate creates desperate media lies.
According to the Times, “Drought and rising temperatures in Guatemala are making it harder for people to make a living or even survive, thus compounding the already tenuous political situation for the 16.6 million people who live there.” The article focuses specifically on coffee production, quoting “one young farmer” who said, “We can’t make a living purely off coffee anymore.”
The article then asserts global warming is causing coffee crop failures that are inducing people to enter the U.S. without authorization.
Objective facts obliterate this fictitious narrative.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s June 2018 publication "Coffee: World Markets and Trade," the 2017–18 coffee season produced the second highest global coffee crop on record and narrowly fell short of the record 2016–17 season.
And the 2016–17 season will likely not remain in the record books for long.
“World coffee production for 2018/19 is forecast 11.4 million bags higher than the previous year at a record 171.2 million,” according to the USDA report.
The current forecast is a full 6 percent above the previous record yield.
That will make 2016–18 the three years with the largest coffee production in recorded history.
It’s also important to note Central America and South America are producing record global coffee yields..."
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