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Susan Cruz

Salvadoran military police stand guard outside a school in Soyapango's La Campanera neighborhood on the outskirts of San Salvador.
Conflict
Here’s why Salvadorans don’t reach for their cellphones to record police abuse
Deportees arrive at the Monsignor Romero international airport in San Salvador.
Justice
Here’s how undocumented families might prepare for a worst-case scenario
Members of the Barrio 18 gang arriving at the San Francisco Gotera penitentiary April 21, 2015.
Conflict
Salvadorans battle a resurgence of gang violence
Eight-year-old Susan Cruz enjoying her first Christmas in the United States in 1978.
Conflict & Justice
What does it take for a Salvadoran girl to make her way in America?
Alexandra from Guatemala shows a drawing she made at the shelter for underage immigrants and repatriated minors
Conflict & Justice
What’s driving an exodus of unaccompanied minors across the US-Mexico border?
Arts, Culture & Media
Donna De Cesare’s ‘Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs’