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El Salvador

FUNDAMENTAL CIVICS: HOW A BOSTON TEEN CHANGED THE WAY TEACHERS APPROACH IMMIGRATION HISTORY

Written by Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“Our job as educators is to learn about our students and where they come from. We create lessons that will interest them, lessons about their life experiences."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: BLS, Boston Latin School, Boston Public Schools, BPS, education, El Salvador, history, immigration, Reagan, throwback, US

GUEST OPINION: IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FORCES US TO LEAVE, THAT WOULD MEAN CERTAIN DANGER

Written by JOSE PALMA Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

We entered the workforce, married, and had children. And now, after nearly two decades, the White House has decided to force us out.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Cambridge, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, immigration, National TPS Alliance, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somerville News Garden, Sudan, TPS, Trump

EL PALMAR, EAST BOSTON

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted March 13, 2018 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

A street food spot that even the food nerds don’t know about

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Caribbean, Central American, east boston, El Palmar, El Salvador, hidden eats, Mexico, South American

CITY VOWS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS, BUT MAJOR HURDLES REMAIN

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Carolina Mata is a recipient of TPS and escaped El Salvador in 1998 after her father was assassinated. Protected status has made life easier for Mata. “I found a stable job, got my driver’s license, and was able to take care of my children,” she said. As a single mother, Mata supports 10-year-old daughter, Gabriella, and her son who attends Fitchburg State College, while working in a plastics factory.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, City Hall, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, immigration, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, TPS, US

STOP THE ICE RAIDS: FIGHT FOR THE ‘RIGHT TO THE WORLD’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 13, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Americans all bear some responsibility for electing governments who have made a series of decisions over the last century that have resulted in the immiseration of the countries that undocumented immigrants have left.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: border, customs, El Salvador, GOP, Guatemala, Honduras, ice, ice raids, immigration, immigration raids, Manuel Zelaya, rhetoric, Trump

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