Gang Members

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57,000 Central American children are coming to the U.S. and our country is in dispute about what to do with them, the gangs that are causing people to fear for their lives and flee. The gangs are ms-13 and ms-18. In the text it says, "Gangs now run the entire towns." This is well known, and this matters to all of us, young and old.

The paragraph, “Who are these Gang Members” acknowledges how most gang members were deported from the US. This might’ve been because of a new law that was established in the 1990’s that provided for non-citizens, even longtime residents with green cards to be deported if they committed any kind of crime. It says in the text,” more than 100,000 of these gang were deported from 2001-2010." The author is trying to

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