World Oct 09 El Salvador tries to rein in crime with community policing On a recent day, two community police officers patrolled a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Santa Ana on foot. With training and assistance from the U.S. State Department, El Salvador is trying to use a new philosophy…
World Oct 06 Can U.S.-style youth programs in Central America keep kids from migrating? CHALCHUAPA, El Salvador — The once-staggering number of Central American child migrants crossing the border has slowed dramatically in recent months. But to discourage future migration flows, many say the violence and poverty that helped trigger the exodus must be…
World Oct 03 Deported Salvadoran teen returns home to threat of gang violence American immigration courts are gearing up to decide the fate of tens of thousands of children from Central America who came to the United States border in recent months. Meanwhile, Mexico has been cracking down on these migrants en route…
Nation Jun 10 Surge of children apprehended at border overwhelms ill-equipped facilities The federal government is scrambling to house a surge of Central American migrant children traveling alone across the border. These children are supposed to be held in Department of Homeland Security custody fewer than 72 hours before they’re transferred to…
Nation Mar 31 Women crossing the U.S. border face sexual assault with little protection ALTAR, Sonora, Mexico – The Santa Maria pharmacy in the northern Mexico smuggling town of Altar is often a last stop for migrants before they embark on the dangerous trek across the Sonoran desert into Arizona. Here they buy caffeine…