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FILE - Venezuelan migrant Alvaro Calderini carries his niece across a river near Bajo Chiquito, Panama, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia on their way north to the United States, on Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan migrant Alvaro Calderini carries his niece across a river near Bajo Chiquito, Panama, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia on their way north to the United States, on Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Women take cover during a gun battle between police and gang members in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

FILE - Women take cover during a gun battle between police and gang members in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

FILE - Severe shortages and one of the world’s highest inflation rates have helped drive nearly 8 million Venezuelans from the petrostate of 28 million people, including Venezuelan migrant Lisbeth Contreras, who hugs her children as she crosses the Suchiate River on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Severe shortages and one of the world’s highest inflation rates have helped drive nearly 8 million Venezuelans from the petrostate of 28 million people, including Venezuelan migrant Lisbeth Contreras, who hugs her children as she crosses the Suchiate River on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Gangs control the streets of Haiti’s capital, clashing in street violence that leaves burned cars as sources of parts at a mechanic's shop where people scavenged in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

FILE - Gangs control the streets of Haiti’s capital, clashing in street violence that leaves burned cars as sources of parts at a mechanic's shop where people scavenged in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Manuel Castano, a 39-year-old human rights activist from Nicaragua who works in building maintenance in South Florida, and his daughter Emily, 13 pose for a photo on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at their home in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Manuel Castano, a 39-year-old human rights activist from Nicaragua who works in building maintenance in South Florida, and his daughter Emily, 13 pose for a photo on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at their home in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

FILE - Cuba’s at one of its lowest points since the 1959 revolution, with nationwide scarcity fueling massive emigration and nationwide blackouts that forced people to cook soup over an open fire in Havana after the failure of a major power plant, on Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

FILE - Cuba’s at one of its lowest points since the 1959 revolution, with nationwide scarcity fueling massive emigration and nationwide blackouts that forced people to cook soup over an open fire in Havana after the failure of a major power plant, on Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

FILE - Another Havana resident kills time on Oct. 19, 2024, during a blackout following the failure of one of Cuba's major power plants as nationwide scarcity fuels massive emigration, occasional protests and government crackdowns. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

FILE - Another Havana resident kills time on Oct. 19, 2024, during a blackout following the failure of one of Cuba's major power plants as nationwide scarcity fuels massive emigration, occasional protests and government crackdowns. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Manuel Castaño chats with his daughter Emily, 13, as she works on a computer, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at their home in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Manuel Castaño chats with his daughter Emily, 13, as she works on a computer, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at their home in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

FILE - Residents walk past a burnt car blocking the street as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

FILE - Residents walk past a burnt car blocking the street as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

FILE - Migrants from Cuba and Venezuela line up at a Mexican immigration checkpoint as they make their way across the border for appointments to legally apply for asylum in the United States, on Nov. 5, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

FILE - Migrants from Cuba and Venezuela line up at a Mexican immigration checkpoint as they make their way across the border for appointments to legally apply for asylum in the United States, on Nov. 5, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)