What specific social and economic factors are driving migration from Central America?
write a three-page double-spaced backgrounder on your target. This backgrounder should contain the who, what, where, when, and how of your topic. Be sure to explain important concepts or technical terms (assume an informed but not expert audience). The backgrounder can’t be comprehensive due to the page constraints so you will need to condense your thoughts. The key here is to think about who your target audience is and what he/she/they most need to know about your topic. Who is creating the problem? What is the problem? Where are they and when did the problem start or grow worse? How does this affect U.S. national security.
- Your goal here is to make sure that your target audience has the information they need to act.
- Feel free to be creative here. Imagine yourself in a position (say, as an FBI or CIA analyst). Allow that to shape how you describe the problem and relate it to national security issues.