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Topic: ms-13

Secretary of State Marco Rubio apparently made a deal in March with Venezuela to compromise US informants on MS-13 in exchange for authorizing deportations to El Salvador. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

US informants risked in El Salvador deal

CK Smith
U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Conservative judge rings the alarm bells

Austin Sarat
In this handout photo provided by the Salvadoran government, members of the Salvadoran army stand guard at the gates of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Salvadoran Government via Getty Images)

Van Hollen demands Abrego Garcia release

Alex Galbraith
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Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, the alleged East Coast leader of MS-13, is lead by Drug Enforcement Administration officers. (AP/Drug Enforcement Administration)

Campaign ads equate immigration to crime

Anthony W. Fontes - The Conversation
Donald Trump; Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Salon)

Kavanaugh win shows frats prevail

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2015 file photo, soldiers guard a corner in a gang-controlled neighborhood in Ilopango, El Salvador. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File) (AP)

Is gang activity on the rise?

David Pyrooz, James Densley - The Conversation
Donald Trump; George W. Bush (AP/Getty/Salon)

Trump is dead wrong on the border

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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Why voters believe Trump's gang lies

Amanda Marcotte
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ICE wrongly targeting immigrants

Dina Radtke - Media Matters
Jeff Sessions (AP/Alex Brandon)

MS-13 is a street gang

Steven S. Dudley - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

How ICE gets their deportations

Ilana Novick - Alternet
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers patrol on the Paso del Norte Port of Entry in El Paso (AP/Ivan Pierre Aguirre)

Blind justice on the border

Cassius Wilkinson
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War on drugs — and immigrants

Mike Ludwig - Truthout
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

the genesis of ms-13

Jose Miguel Cruz - The Conversation