Gov. Newsom’s embrace of the Central American country stands in contrast to President Trump’s efforts to rescind deportation protections for Salvadorans and threats to cut off foreign aid.
, was shot and killed by a right-wing death squad. The assassination fueled a 12-year war between leftist rebels and a Salvadoran military trained and backed by the U.S. government. In the end, 75,000 people were killed.
“What this shift did is that it locked in the reality that Salvadorans would migrate to the U.S., work and send money home,” Pedersen said. “In the aftermath of the war, the country was a U.S. ally and it couldn’t withstand the end of migration to the U.S. There’s a history of various provisions put in place to allow for continued migration.”
“By 1994, you could not go outside anymore after dark,” Abrego said. “Now it’s just a part of life there.”His administration has attempted to end protections for more than 200,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S. under a program that allows residents of countries experiencing political violence or natural disasters to work and live in the U.S. on a temporary basis.
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