El Salvador

What the loss of temporary protected status will mean for Salvadorans in the U.S.

By PBS News Hour

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will end the temporary protected status of more than 260,000 Salvadoran immigrants living in the United States by September 2019. Vox reporter Dara Lind tells Lisa Desjardins to learn what this means for…

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U.S. to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants

By Zeke Miller and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline on whether to extend protections that would allow nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. legally.

U.S. placement program failed to protect child migrants from trafficking, Senate panel says

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Garance Burke, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Migrant children in the government's care fell prey to human trafficking after the Health and Human Services Department failed to protect them, according to a bipartisan congressional investigation released Thursday.

Update: Honduran woman profiled in NewsHour story granted new hearing to seek refuge in U.S.

By John Carlos Frey, Stephen Fee

A 19-year-old domestic abuse victim from Honduras, profiled two weeks ago on PBS NewsHour Weekend, will receive another opportunity to seek refuge in the United States.

El Salvador set to become deadliest peacetime country in the world

By Tracy Wholf

March of this year was the most deadly month on record in El Salvador in more than a decade.

Here's what you may have missed from NewsHour Weekend in 2014

By News Desk

From a candid interview with Bryan Cranston to the roots of gang violence in El Salvador, here's a look back at some of the what you may have missed from NewsHour Weekend's first full calendar year on air.

U.S. to grant refugee status to some child migrants

By Pete Yost, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will launch a program in December to grant refugee status to some minors under the age of 21 who live in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and whose parents legally reside in the United States.

Producer's Notebook: A look at life inside the violent gangs of El Salvador

By Brian Epstein

PBS NewsHour Weekend producer Brian Epstein recalls his recent trip to El Salvador, where the rise of violent gangs has pushed Salvadorans to seek asylum in the U.S.

Giving voice to youth caught in immigration limbo

By News Desk

The violence affecting life in El Salvador isn't confined within that country's borders. Residents from other parts of Central America, including Guatemala and Honduras, experience similar fears in their daily lives.