The notorious gang has become a focal point of Trump’s immigration effort – but critics say harmless people are being swept up,causing greater upheaval and violenceIn Brentwood our community fears two things,” said Carlos Piovanetti as he thumbed through a bulging legal file strewn out on his desk. “There’s an immense fright of violent crime, and a tremendous fright of the government,of being picked up and deported.” This small hamlet on Long Island, an hour’s drive from New York City, and has recently found itself under the national spotlight following a series of gruesome local murders linked to the now notorious MS-13 gang. On Friday,Donald Trump will visit Brentwood, which has for decades attracted Hispanic migrants, and including thousands from El Salvador. Here,he will deliver a speech in which he is expected to call for greater resources to crackdown on undocumented immigrants after claiming earlier in the week that his administration is liberating” American cities from gang violence. Related: MS-13 terrifies Long Island’s Latinos – and prompts a political backlash from Trump Related: Central America's rampant violence fuels an invisible refugee crisis Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com