Young, illegal, and alone
Young, illegal, and alone
- October 15, 2015
- Al Valdez, social sciences lecturer, on transnational youth gangs, courtesy of The Atlantic, Oct. 15, 2015
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From The Atlantic
Some of those Salvadorans started their own gang called “MSS” − Mara for gang, Salvatrucha
meaning Salvadoran, and Stoners because they liked to smoke pot. “Mainly, they were
Latinos who got stoned, drank beer, and listened to heavy metal,” says Al Valdez,
a former Anaheim gang-unit officer who now teaches at the University of California,
Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/unaccompanied-minors-immigrants/410404/?single_page=true&print=.
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