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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Gang violence in El Salvador: the realities on the ground

    We look at the other part of Jeff Sessions’ order: people facing gang violence also won’t qualify for asylum. This mainly affects Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 12, 2018 • 1 min read

    We look at the other part of Jeff Sessions’ order: people facing gang violence also won’t qualify for asylum. This mainly affects Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The US Agency for International Development says El Salvador has the world’s highest homicide rate for people under age 19. More than 500 were murdered in 2016.

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    What it takes to make a living in the WNBA
    1. 0:00Asylum claims get tougher for domestic violence survivors
    2. 7:21Gang violence in El Salvador: the realities on the groundYou’re reading this
    3. 14:06Anthony Bourdain's influence on food TV shows
    4. 26:06LA Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike on raising the WNBA's profile
    5. 41:20World Cup preview
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