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Deporting a Model Noncitizen

Marina Alvarez came by herself to the United States from El Salvador at age 16. Fleeing sexual abuse, she was smuggled across the Mexican border to San Diego by bus. She knew no one. She learned English by working in hotels and restaurants in the Washington suburbs. She worked days, nights, weekends....
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By Marc Fisher

 
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