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Authorities Make Strides Against MS-13, Long Island's 'Baddest' Gang
Before dawn on a balmy December day, about half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swarmed in front of a ranch house on a quiet block in Brentwood, Long Island, and knocked on the door...
View ArticleFeds Announce MS-13 Gang Takedown in NY
Federal officials say 10 members of a violent international street gang known as "MS-13" have been charged with racketeering and attempted murder after a lengthy investigation.Members of the group have...
View Article5 Alleged MS-13 Gang Members Indicted
Five alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, were indicted on murder, assault and robbery charges on Monday.Jose Alvarenga and Hector Torres were charged with the murder of 15-year-old...
View Article11 Gang Members Charged with Long Island Crimes
Prosecutors say they've charged 11 gang members with multiple murders, attempted murders and other crimes on Long Island.The defendants were named in a superseding indictment unsealed in federal court...
View ArticleUS Targets Violent Street Gang MS-13
A Central American street gang known for using machetes to hack and stab rivals to death became the first street gang to be labeled a transnational criminal organization Thursday.The Treasury...
View ArticleMS-13’s Influence on Long Island
The Treasury Department’s decision to declare the street gang MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal organization could have a large impact on Long Island, where the gang has...
View ArticleFBI Adds Former Long Island Gang Member to Most Wanted List
The latest addition to the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, the 501st entry, is wanted in connection to a 2010 killing on Long Island.Juan Elias Garcia was allegedly involved in the execution...
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Justice plans crackdown on violent street gangs
A file photo shows Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at a news conference at the Justice Department in D.C. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ReutersWASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the...
View ArticleWhite House Update; (The Day After) College Decision Day; MS-13 Gang Draws...
Coming up on today's show:NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson reports on the latest from the White House, including the Duterte invitation and the budget deal.Yesterday was decision day...
View ArticleMS-13 Gang Draws National Interest to Long Island
Liz Robbins, immigration reporter for The New York Times, discusses the MS-13 gang's presence in Long Island and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recent visit with local law enforcement to address the...
View ArticleFederal Authorities Quietly Charge Three Men in Alleged Long Island Gang...
Three alleged members of the MS-13 street gang have been charged in the murders of four young men who were found dead in a park in Central Islip in April, according to an indictment that was quietly...
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Jeff Sessions goes to El Salvador to learn how to eradicate the MS-13 gang
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Sessions did not disclose his meetings with the...
View ArticleWATCH: Trump trumpets MS-13 crackdown in Long Island speech
WASHINGTON — Trumpeting his administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and violent crime, President Donald Trump is traveling to Long Island to urge Congress to dedicate more funding to the...
View ArticleAdvocates Warn of a School-to-Deportation Pipeline
The New York Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday said immigrant students in Long Island recently were suspended from school for alleged MS-13 gang affiliation based on what they called "weak allegations"...
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MS-13 Gang Crackdown Relies on 'Questionable' Evidence From Schools
A high school junior — WNYC is calling her Vanessa — arrived in Brentwood, Long Island, two years ago as an unaccompanied minor from Central America. Then she spent a month in the immigration wing of a...
View ArticleAs The Statues Fall, Where Do We Stand?; How MS-13 is Affecting Immigrant...
Dr. Christina Greer fills in for Brian today. You'll hear:Jamil Smith, journalist and Daily Beast contributor, and Emily Ngo, White House reporter for Newsday, discuss how the political scene is being...
View ArticleHow MS-13 Is Affecting Immigrant Communities
In a 3-part series in partnership with NPR, Sarah Gonzalez, WNYC's youth and families reporter, reports on MS-13 on Long Island — how the gang targets people for violence, why the Trump administration...
View ArticleHeld for Months, Teens Accused of MS-13 Affiliation Start Returning to Long...
Over the summer on Long Island, immigration agents started picking up teens, known as "unaccompanied minors," and accusing them of being members of the international gang, MS-13. Local police made many...
View ArticleHow MS-13 Could Affect Our Immigration Policy, Phil Rosenthal's New Series,...
New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer discusses his recent piece in the January 1 issue, “The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and The Law.” Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, talks...
View ArticleHow the Gang MS-13 is Being Used to Justify Immigration Policy
New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer discusses his recent piece in the January 1 issue, “The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and The Law.” He reports on the violent Salvadoran gang MS-13, whose...
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