Lawmakers, advocates rally to support Salvadoran family split apart at US-Mexico border
CHICAGO - The nightmare began four years ago for Ana and her family, when the brutal MS-13 gang killed her husband in their native El Salvador. The family had been the target of shakedowns and assault by the gang, and the tormenting only continued after the murder.
She and her family left everything behind and fled to the United States in 2015 to escape from the violence, Ana said. They made it only so far.
Immigration authorities detained the family at the U.S.-Mexico border, and Ana's daughter, Yesica, was deported. Ana and her two sons were allowed to stay and apply for asylum. Back in El Salvador, the violence continued for Yesica - she testified that she was sexually assaulted and decided to make another try at entering the United States. But again, she was caught and is being held at a detention center in Texas.
Today, the family members
