The Othering Of LatinX

Trying to dispel some of the myths regarding MS-13.

(spoiler alert: 45* gets it wrong)

Jose Miguel Cruz, WaPo:

The Trump administration’s campaign against immigration conflates the flow of undocumented immigrants from Central America with the growth of MS-13 — the brutal transnational street gang. The president and the attorney general frequently say that stopping the former means stopping the latter. Information about the four-decade-old gang, formally named Mara Salvatrucha, is scarce, but we know enough to dispel some of the misconceptions that have grown up around it.

(here are the big 5 lies)

1. MS-13 was created by Salvadoran ex-guerrillas.
2. MS-13 is well-organized and controlled from El Salvador.
3. Illegal immigrants are coming to the U.S. to expand the gang's reach.
4. To combat MS-13, stop immigration from Central America.
5. MS-13 is a threat to communities all over America.

As always, there's nothing that says we should simply ignore the threat of gangs and the violence that gangs always bring with them.

Also always, we should never buy into the bullshit rhetoric of a Daddy State dick like Donald Trump.