VOICES OF COLOR: EXPOSING THE ROOTS OF MS-13
Immigrant youth need jobs and education by Luis Tejada, Freedom Socialist newspaper, Vol. 40, No. 3, June-July 2019, www.socialism.com Why is Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) getting so much attention now? The answer to this question lies in the racist finger-pointing policies of the Trump administration and the corporate class it represents. Trump uses the gang to scapegoat and promote zero-immigration policies against all migrants from Latin America, whom he calls “bad people, criminals, drug dealers.” It’s still not clear whether Trump’s rant in 2018 — “These aren’t people. [...]