Title: Trump’s New Ban Leaves Few Spots for Refugees, Even the Hunted - The New York Times
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Trump’s New Ban Leaves Few Spots for Refugees, Even the Hunted
Veronica, 9, witnessed the murder of her grandmother and stepgrandfather by masked men. Gang members are suspected in the February 2016 killings. Credit...
Juan Carlos for The New York Times
By Frances Robles and Kirk Semple
March 7, 2017
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SAN SALVADOR — Veronica picked up some modeling clay, molded it into little human figures with her hands — and then dug holes into the sculpture’s face. “Look,” said Veronica, 9, showing off the creation to her aunt. “ That’s how Mamá ended up.” For more than a year, Veronica and her sister have been in hiding here in El Salvador, hoping to receive refugee status in the United States. The two girls were doing homework at their dining room table when masked men burst in and gunned down their grandparents — the community’s only two health workers — on rumors that the couple had been tipping off the police about gangs in the neighborhood. Like many thousands of others, Veronica and her sister applied for sanctuary in the United States under a special Obama administration effort to grapple with the violence that has gutted Central America and sent waves of its people on a desperate march toward the American border. But on Monday, the Trump administration announced a four-month suspension on all refugee admissions to the United States so security procedures can be improved and, perhaps most significantly, cut the number of total refugees allowed into the country by more than half. “We can’t remain in the same place,” said the girls’ aunt, Reina, who is seeking refugee status for her nieces, witnesses to the double homicide. “