They left gangs and found God. But they weren’t spared in El Salvador’s crackdown

El Salvador’s evangelical churches rehabilitated ex-gang members. The country’s crackdown on L.A.-born gangs like MS-13 emptied programs and filled prisons.

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They grew up American, then learned they weren’t citizens

It is estimated that tens of thousands of people were adopted internationally by American parents between the 1950s and 1980s but never naturalized. Many discovered their status only as adults, and they have trouble finding employment and live in terror that a wrong move will get them kicked out of the country.
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