Most of the defendants were arrested in the Central Valley town of Mendota, east of Fresno, where at least two MS-13 “cliques” affiliated with the Los Angeles branch of the gang
The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party’s majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. Characteristically, a centerpiece of his approach is to use race as a weapon to divide and distract us.