Here are some of those stories.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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Yadira had come to California from La Lima, Honduras, in the early two-thousands, to escape an abusive boyfriend. In 2010, she was deported on a minor drug-possession charge.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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After Yadira returned to La Lima, her brother, who was confined to a wheelchair, was murdered by the Mara 18 gang. Yadira began speaking out publicly against the gang, and became a target.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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Afraid for her life, she went north. At the U.S. border, she told officials about her brother’s murder but was deported nevertheless. A few days later, her youngest daughter found her body in front of the house, riddled with bullets.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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After Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security created an office for the victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, called VOICE—Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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The office is compiling an online database to track “illegal alien perpetrators of crime.” (Data show that undocumented immigrants actually commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens.)http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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There is, however, no White House initiative to track a more sprawling set of legal violations involving immigrants—violations such as those above, for which the U.S. government is often culpable.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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Read our full story about the immigrants deported from the United States to death and violence.http://nyer.cm/472g14a
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