Which Way, L.A.?
Gang Exports
The most violent city in the Americas is San Salvador: how much is that due to gang members the US deports from LA? Los Angeles and Salvadoran gangs are closely related. Should immigration policy be changed to let reformed gang bangers come back to work for peace in LA?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHector Silva: Mayor, San Salvador Robert Bock : Executive Assistant Commissioner for Policy and Planning, Immigration and Naturalization Service Magdaleno Rose Avila: "Homeys Unidos" Program Coordinator, currently based in San Salvador. Former Southern California Regional Director for Amnesty International. Congressman Elton Gallegly: Republican Congressman representing District 23, which includes Oxnard, Simi Valley and Ventura. Senator Tom Hayden: Democratic State Senator representing western Los Angeles including Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Sherman Oaks. Ruben Martinez: Editor, Pacific News Service. Working on a new book called Americans and Other Migrant Stories. Ira Mehlman: California Media Outreach Coordinator, Federation for American Immigration Reform. Dave Lesher: Staff writer, Los Angeles Times
