America's Ethnic History Blog

The article focuses on the immigrants who arrived to U.S. as a child, but do not qualify for DACA. These immigrants are facing bitterness towards those who are DACA recipients because senators are only attempting to find a solution for their stay. Media and government efforts have been focusing on this particular group and ignored the other thousands of hard-working and tax-paying immigrants.  This is the case with Sam Paredes, who crossed into the U.S. illegally from Mexico at the age of 9. Although he arrived as a child, he did not qualify for DACA. Working hard and avoiding trouble for the last 30 years, he has hope of one day becoming a U.S. citizen.  "I'm very bitter. These DACA kids definitely  have this sense of entitlement," Paredes said. "People have fought for them and they got DACA and they got their work permit and then they went to sleep, instead of working to fight for the rest of us." Government efforts have surrounded DACA for being

President Trump has used gang organization MS-13 to justify hardline immigration policies. MS13 which he is trying to root out was actually born in Los Angeles. The article/video is about the blossoming of the gang and how it has gained 10,000 members. Trump has targeted them as means to increase national security and to not accept anymore Latinos in the country. He has focused on targeting Latinos and has constantly said the group are "terrorists".  It mentions although MS13  are a threat, they are nowhere near as dangerous as drug cartels and terrorism. Salvadorans who escaped the Civil War in the 80's came to LA, but faced problems with Mexican gangs who were already there. With tension forming, Salvadorans formed MS13 and have grown into an 'international network'. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005714013/trump-immigration-ms-13.htmlrref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FImmigration%20and%20Emigration&action=click&contentCollection=timestopic