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. >> josue was just one of the thousands of salvadoran children who have made the journey this year. >> violence in el salvador is rooted in structural, historical causes, one of which is poverty, the exclusion and marginalization of great portions of its population. >> hector silva is a salvadoran journalist. he says gangs have sparked the most recent exodus of children. >> i think now and for a decade, decade and a half, they are the most violent, and one of the most influential components of the whole equation, of violence, impunity, poverty, inequality, marginalization that has plagued these countries, my country, our countries for a long time. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can effect your grocery bill? could rare minerals in china effect your cell phone bill? or, how a hospital in texas could drive up your health care premium. i'll make the connections from the news

. >> josue was just one of the thousands of salvadoran children who have made the journey this year. >> violence in el salvador is rooted in structural, historical causes, one of which is poverty, the exclusion and marginalization of great portions of its population. >> hector silva is a salvadoran journalist. he says gangs have sparked the most recent exodus of children. >> i think now and for a decade, decade and a half, they are the most violent, and one of the most influential components of the whole equation, of violence, impunity, poverty, inequality, marginalization that has plagued these countries, my country, our countries for a long time. >> al jazeera america morning news >> good morning and welcome! to al jazeera america >> real stories... real reporting... real news... a deeper look... >> a much better forecast for today >> with an international edge >> why is this so important and how close is this deal? >> from our award winning news teams across america and beyond >> we begin with breaking news coming out of the west bank... >> news that matters... al jazeera america

this one's serving home-cooked salvadoran meals. once a living room, now the main dining area.lvadoran clientele looking for a taste of home. >> tamales. >> first up a staple done a little differently than the norm, tamales wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. mm, that's delicious. >> next the dish of the house. pupusas. tortillas stuffed with ground pork or chicharon. >> you can get pupusas in nicaragua, guatemala. for some reason salvadorian pupusas get the most respect. general consensus seems to be they're the best. >> i'd agree. >> george has been coming here with his friend joe for years. >> this is what makes it right here, boom. is this. curtido. curtido. curtido. pickled slaw. salsa. and i do this. but i don't know if you're up for this one. >> what are you saying? >> i don't know if you can hang, man. >> is it a manly thing? >> it's turning into it, seems like. >> mexican spicy. salvadorian, not spicy. >> that's true. they don't like it that spicy. >> chicharon? porky goodness in there. >> fried pork and ground with pepper, onion and tomato. simple. >> take the liberty

for children in other countries, for fairness and social justice, that he became a subject of the salvadoran death squads. they tried to search him down in the united states because he was such a fierce champion for fairness in their country as ell. and so here we are. two committed people. if you ask them what the secret of their success would be and , w they've achieved so much they will be modest. well, sometimes. but what they will both tell you separately is that, and what -- the guidance they give the rest of us, just stick with it. just keep on working. just make sure that the other side, whoever that might be, knows you're not going to go away, because you have a goal that is responsible, you have an urgency for the people and you will make sure that you make the difference. and in many ways we all live in a nation shaped, defined and strengthened by george miller and henry waxman. their keen vision, abiding determination, courageous leadership have put them in the ranks of the greatest legislators in our history. when they leave this house, we can be certain that they will continue

granted deferred, and forced departure and employment authorization to hundreds of thousands of salvadorans, haitians, liberians after congress chose not to extend their temporary protected status. >> mr. congressman, the supreme court recognized when it comes to matters of foreign concern, national security there are issues where they have allowed deferred action. however, i want to say what i reiterate what i said at the hearing in my testimony. i don't believe and i still believe actually, that the actions of president bush and president reagan as president's obama's are constitutional suspect. the fact that you have a 30 or 40-year history doesn't get better with time. so i don't find -- i think it's important to point out that this is not -- this is the enforcement-free zone creation here. this is different from those cases. >> okay. i get your drift. let me ask you about whether this goes to you mr. dupree as well. can you tell me what new statute george h.w. bush was implements when he granted deferred enforcement departure and employment authorization to approximately 80,000 chinese

several years later he granted e same status to 200,000 salvadorans. thanks to president obama's immigration accountability executive actions in the same vain, millions of hardworking, law-abiding families will be able to celebrate the holidays with a renewed hope in the future. in response to this presidential action of common sense and compassion, republicans are asking today on this floor a radical bill of appalling callousness and cruelty. with this bill republicans are demanding that we deport hundreds of thousands of young dreamers who know no country but the united states. with this bill, republicans would tear apart millions of thousands throw upon thousands of american children into foster care with this bill republicans would deport the family members of our heroes in uniform serving oversales. deny release and respite to victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, reject the values that are the at the heart of our heritage and our history. this legalization -- excuse me, this legislation is unworthy of our nation. don't take it from

so forceful was he for social justice that he became the subject of salvadoran death squads that tried to search them down because he was such a fierce champion, a champion for fairness in their country as well. .nd so here we are two grates, very committed people. -- great, very committed people. secret of them the their success and how they achieved so much, they will tell -- they will be modest. well, sometimes. but they will both are you -- tell you separately, the guidance that they give us, just stick with it . make sure that the other side knows that you were not going to go away because you have a goal that is responsible, 11 urgency for the people -- you have an urgency for the people, and you will make sure that you make the difference. nation shaped, define, and a strengthened by george miller and henry waxman. their leadership has put them in the ranks of the greatest legislatures -- legislators in our history. when they leave this house, we can be certain they will --tinue their extraordinary to use their extraordinary knowledge and talent in new venues and a new ways to s

granted deferred, and forced departure and employment authorization to hundreds of thousands of salvadorans, haitians, liberians after congress chose not to extend their temporary protected status. >> mr. congressman, the supreme court recognized when it comes to matters of foreign concern, national security there are issues where they have allowed deferred action. however, i want to say what i reiterate what i said at the hearing in my testimony. i don't believe and i still believe actually, that the actions of president bush and president reagan as president's obama's are constitutional suspect. the fact that you have a 30 or 40-year history doesn't get better with time. so i don't find -- i think it's important to point out that this is not -- this is the enforcement-free zone creation here. this is different from those cases. >> okay. i get your drift. let me ask you about whether this goes to you mr. dupree as well. can you tell me what new statute george h.w. bush was implements when he granted deferred enforcement departure and employment authorization to approximately 80,000 chinese

for children in other countries, for fairness and social justice, that he became a subject of the salvadoran death squads. they tried to search him down in the united states because he was such a fierce champion for fairness in their country as ell. and so here we are. two committed people. if you ask them what the secret of their success would be and , w they've achieved so much they will be modest. well, sometimes. but what they will both tell you separately is that, and what -- the guidance they give the rest of us, just stick with it. just keep on working. just make sure that the other side, whoever that might be, knows you're not going to go away, because you have a goal that is responsible, you have an urgency for the people and you will make sure that you make the difference. and in many ways we all live in a nation shaped, defined and strengthened by george miller and henry waxman. their keen vision, abiding determination, courageous leadership have put them in the ranks of the greatest legislators in our history. when they leave this house, we can be certain that they will continue

several years later he granted e same status to 200,000 salvadorans. thanks to president obama's immigration accountability executive actions in the same vain, millions of hardworking, law-abiding families will be able to celebrate the holidays with a renewed hope in the future. in response to this presidential action of common sense and compassion, republicans are asking today on this floor a radical bill of appalling callousness and cruelty. with this bill republicans are demanding that we deport hundreds of thousands of young dreamers who know no country but the united states. with this bill, republicans would tear apart millions of thousands throw upon thousands of american children into foster care with this bill republicans would deport the family members of our heroes in uniform serving oversales. deny release and respite to victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, reject the values that are the at the heart of our heritage and our history. this legalization -- excuse me, this legislation is unworthy of our nation. don't take it from