U.S. considering cash payments to Central America to stem migration

The possible cash transfer program would be targeted at people in the Northern Triangle region of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, Roberta Jacobson, the White House’s southern border coordinator, told Reuters in an interview, without saying who exactly would receive the cash... Jacobson did not provide a detailed explanation of how any cash transfer program would work. “The one thing I can promise you is the U.S. government isn’t going to be handing out money or checks to people,” she said.