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Drawing upon engaged ethnographic research conducted during 2018 in Washington state, this paper examines how Honduran and Salvadoran transnational migrants navigate changing circumstances and turbulent times characterized by intensified forms of xenophobia and racism in the U.S., and political uncertainty in Central America. Most literature on Honduran and Salvadoran migrants focuses on the "push" and "pull" factors of international migration. Our paper engages such important questions, but also goes beyond causational frameworks about why people move--to focus instead on everyday lived experiences in the receiving country. Working from a theoretical perspective that privileges migrants' agency in choosing to move to the Pacific Northwest, we explore peoples' adept abilities to pursue their livelihood strategies while reading the political landscape and imagining different paths toward realizing their goals. In so doing this study contributes to anthropological understandings of Central American transnationalism in the Pacific Northwest during the post-2017 U.S. political environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]