WASHINGTON — At least 138 people deported to El Salvador from the United States in recent years were subsequently killed, Human Rights Watch says in a report that comes as the Trump administration makes it harder for Central Americans to seek refuge here. A majority of the deaths documented by...
Latest Migrant Caravan Fizzles After Mexico Police Raid
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Calls for a new migrant caravan went largely unheeded Tuesday as a relatively small group departed from Honduras, a week after a raid by Mexican police resulted in hundreds of detentions and the dissolution of a previous caravan. Conversation in online chat groups used to...
Walters: DMV Crisis Could Make or Break Newsom
Ambitious politicians like to dazzle us with what Hollywood screenwriters call “high concept” pitches that reduce complex ideas to a few succinct words. Gavin Newsom is certainly an ambitious politician and is extraordinarily oriented toward high-concept gestures. His latest emerged during a quick trip to El Salvador last week, ostensibly...
Newsom Meets Salvadorans Who Tried to Reach US
PANCHIMALCO, El Salvador — David Escobar Fuentes fled El Salvador because gangs were extorting his ranching family, while Bryon Melgar Menjivar wanted to escape the pressure to join a gang that started when he was 15. Sandra Monroy headed north for a good job. They told Gov. Gavin Newsom their...
Newsom Says His El Salvador Trip a Counter to Trump
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday his visit to El Salvador serves as a counter-narrative to what he called President Donald Trump's demoralizing and toxic rhetoric about Central American migrants. "Right now you have a president that talks down to people, talks past them, demoralizing folks...
Trump's Iran Sanctions Will Hurt Hopes for Democracy
Anyone who has seen the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" knows that a single congressman provided great help to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Later, these same rebels would target the United States. And these days, it's hard to miss President Donald Trump promising to crack down on violent MS-13...
Deporting Salvadorans Will Hurt U.S. Economy & Disrupt Their Country
After ending Temporary Protected Status in late 2017 for Haitians and Nicaraguans, the White House announced last week that it will end TPS for Salvadorans, the largest group of TPS recipients. This will subject more than 200,000 immigrants to deportation if they cannot find another way to adjust their status....
Deporting Salvadorans Will Hurt U.S. Economy & Disrupt Their Country
After ending Temporary Protected Status in late 2017 for Haitians and Nicaraguans, the White House announced last week that it will end TPS for Salvadorans, the largest group of TPS recipients. This will subject more than 200,000 immigrants to deportation if they cannot find another way to adjust their status....