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'This can't be the end': For this Salvadoran family, LA feels like it has always been home

LOS ANGELES - In the darkest moments, Orlando Zepeda often has found his way.

When he was a teenager in El Salvador and civil war brought bombs and death to his front door, he escaped to the United States.

When he was new to Los Angeles and struggling to earn enough to get by, an American family helped him get a work permit and a job.

This month, when the Trump administration announced it would rescind temporary protected status for more than 260,000 Salvadorans who live in the United States, the father of two remained hopeful, even as he

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