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"Cooperative farmer Luisa Huinel collects eggs on February 11, 2017 in the western highlands town of Cajola, Guatemala. Some 70 percent of the men in the town have left to work as undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of them leaving behind their families. Grupo Cajola, an NGO funded by American donations, organized the cooperative to help improve the local economy and reduce the need for emigration to the United States. With U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, the spectre of increased deportations back to Guatemala and reduced remittances has added a sense of urgency to transfoming the local economy. Remitances from undocumented Guatemalan laborers are the main source of income of Guatemala, and while increasing wealth and driving a housing boom in towns like Cajola, they have also had the negative effect tearing the social fabric of local communites. Grupo Cajola has set up a weaving center, an egg farm, carpentry shop, internet cafe, library and education programs for pre-schoolers and their parents, while providing scholarships for more than 20 young residents to learn local trades. Textiles they produce are now exported for sale to the U.S. The NGO was founded in 2000 by Eduardo Jimenez, who lived as an undocumented immigrant for 10 years in the U.S. before returning to Guatemala. He coordinates locally with the group's American director Caryn Maxim, who organizes funding and product sales in New Jersey. (360/VR by John Moore/Getty Images)"