| 4.15.2008

Updated 11.6.2008

Are Immigration Authorities' Efforts to Curb Gangs Backfiring?

Matthew Quirk ’03 explains how deportation of Latino gang members by U.S. immigration authorities may actually make the gangs stronger...

In this month's Atlantic, Matthew Quirk ’03, a staff writer at the magazine, explains how deportation of Latino gang members by U.S. immigration authorities may actually make the gangs stronger. Read the story here.

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