Images of an El Salvador Town Transformed by Migration (Published 2019)
about 37 months ago (12/21/2021)
Images of an El Salvador Town Transformed by Migration - The New York Times Lens | Images of an El Salvador Town Transformed by Migration https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/lens/images-of-an-el-salvador-town-transformed-by-migration.html Give this article Share Advertisement Continue reading the main story The political has long been the personal for those who decided to abandon all they knew in El Salvador to search for a safer, but uncertain, future up north. The atrocities committed by its American-backed government during its war against leftist guerrillas in the 1980s spurred an exodus whose legacy is reflected in today’s migrant crisis. The political narrative dominating the news includes scenes of desperate, weary souls seeking asylum and alarms over an impending — albeit unproven — invasion of hordes bringing crime and disease.