LOS ANGELES — A brutal pattern of sexual violence affects thousands of girls and young women who flee from...
Aug 11, 2015
US conservatives battle over immigration message as presidential race intensifies
By Alexander Wowra LOS ANGELES — A veritable civil war is brewing within the Republican Party over the issue of...
Aug 05, 2015
How one man escaped El Salvador’s cycle of violence
By Anna-Catherine Brigida As seven-year-old Alex Sanchez played barefoot outside his house in El Salvador, his mind drifted to...
Aug 04, 2015
Problems in the US immigration court system are seemingly endless
By Michelle Toh LOS ANGELES — Amongst the seats of a downtown Los Angeles immigration courtroom, emotions run rampant...
Aug 04, 2015
Mexico ‘a death trap for migrants’ one year after new border program launched
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Honduran migrant Gerardo Cruz never saw the face of the man who pushed him off...
Jul 07, 2015
Meet the evangelical preacher who teaches unaccompanied migrant girls how to sew
TORRANCE, California — On a hot Sunday morning in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, a diminutive preacher in...
Jun 16, 2015
Trauma lingers in US for Honduran family scarred by gang murder (VIDEO)
Anna-Catherine Brigida and Jessica Moulite LOS ANGELES — It’s 6:30 a.m. on a brisk weekday morning when Maribel’s alarm...
May 30, 2015
Far From Home: A brief history of Central American immigration to the US (VIDEO)
BY REBECCA GIBIAN LOS ANGELES — Reading the headlines and political declarations booming from America’s southern border last summer,...
May 22, 2015
How risk of deportation shadows immigrant families with undocumented members
Michele JohnsenLOS ANGELES — There is no mistaking it. Jorge, 22, and his sister Lupe, 18, are family. Gathering...
May 22, 2015
Antarctica: Straight to the bottom of the earth
USHUAIA, Argentina – My journey to the ends of the earth begins at a Popeye’s chicken restaurant in...
Mar 16, 2015
