The Promised Land
A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.
A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.
Alice Driver Longreads Jul 2020 15min Permalink
Inside the struggle to survive in a tiny Honduran neighborhood surrounded by competing gangs.
Azam Ahmed New York Times May 2019 25min Permalink
In El Salvador, Jucuapa is home to dozens of small factories that churn out what some locals call the “wooden pajamas.”
Matthew Bremner Bloomberg Businessweek Mar 2019 15min Permalink
Alex drew his school’s mascot during class.Then he was suspended, arrested and deported. How high schools have embraced the Trump administration’s crackdown on MS-13 and destroyed immigrant students’ American dreams.
Hannah Dreier ProPublica Dec 2018 45min Permalink
Police on Long Island wrote off missing immigrant teens as runaways. One mother knew better—and searched MS-13’s killing fields for answers.
Hannah Dreier ProPublica Sep 2018 35min Permalink
The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
Hannah Dreier ProPublica Apr 2018 30min Permalink