Trump strengthening MS-13

[billvon 2,996]

Looks like Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration has enabled the MS-13 gang to expand without fear of victims going to the police.

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On Long Island, some fear crackdown on immigrants is emboldening violent street gang

By Dan Lieberman, CNN
Updated 7:34 AM ET, Fri July 28, 2017

Long Island, New York (CNN) - The first time members of the MS-13 street gang attacked Margarita's teenage son in suburban New York, they beat him with a baseball bat.

The young man had immigrated from El Salvador three months earlier to join his mother in Nassau County, Long Island. The gang had harassed him in El Salvador because he refused to join them. Now, in his new home, they were upping the stakes.

The second time, they attacked the 19-year-old as he was on his way to work. They slashed him in the stomach with a machete, the gang's weapon of choice. He survived and has been in hiding for the last few weeks, but his mother is terrified.

"I think it's worse (in the US) because over there they hadn't tried to kill him. But here they have," said the woman, who is undocumented and asked to be called only "Margarita" for her safety. She witnessed the first attack on her son, on the street outside their home, and says she's too afraid to go to the police for fear of deportation.
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And several people familiar with MS-13, including two gang members themselves, told CNN they think Trump's crackdown on immigrants is actually making MS-13 stronger because witnesses are more reluctant to come forward for fear of being deported.

"It's not like before, where ... they (the gang) were more hidden," said Margarita, adding that a decade after fleeing violence in El Salvador she has never felt more afraid. "People can get deported, so they don't call the police. So they (MS-13) feel more free."

"I think it's emboldening them, because this gives them the opportunity to tell immigrants, 'What are you gonna do? Are you going to report us? They're deporting other innocent people ... (so) they're going to associate you with us by you coming forward,'" said Walter Barrientos, Long Island coordinator with Make the Road, an immigrant advocacy group.
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[tkhayes 348]

Fox reported that Trump was going to NJ to accept the unconditional surrender of MS-13..... whew, I am exhausted from all the winning!!

[BIGUN 1,317]

You kinda cherry-picked the article to echo CNN's anti-Trump message. Further down it states:

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Law enforcement efforts appear to be bearing fruit. Thirteen suspected members of MS-13 were indicted in March on murder charges related to seven killings on Long Island over the past three years -- including those of the Brentwood teens. And last week, federal prosecutors brought a new 59-count indictment that includes charges against four suspects in the brutal April slayings.

"MS-13 is our number-one priority on Long Island because much of what they do and how they behave boils down to violence for violence sake," said William F. Sweeney, Jr., head of the FBI's New York field office, last week.

"The drugs they're accused of selling (are) almost an excuse to retaliate and attack rivals, or others who cross them," Sweeney added. "The idea that human life means nothing to these gang members should shock the conscience, and we cannot allow this type of thinking to take hold in our youth."

The article goes on to state:

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Police in Nassau County say immigrants and victims of MS-13, such as Margarita and her son, should still feel safe coming forward.
"I can say without any doubt ... we never, never ask any (immigration) status and we don't care, on victims and witnesses," said Detective Sgt. Michael Morino of Nassau County Police's gang investigation squad.

Which must be true because - Central Islip and Brentwood are Sanctuary Cities.

http://sanctuarycities.info/sanctuary_state_new_york.htm

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/us/ms-13-gang-long-island-trump/index.html

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[rushmc 23]

CNN??

It is a good thing they installed your nose ring tight enough.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/31/media-sympathizes-with-ms-13-lambasts-trump.html

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