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El Salvador Struggles to Re-Absorb U.S. Deportees

NPR | By Steve Inskeep,
Jennifer Ludden
Published April 9, 2008 at 4:00 AM MDT

This week, NPR's Jennifer Ludden looked at what happens when a country — in particular, El Salvador — has to take back a large number of its own nationals deported by the United States.

Steve Inskeep talks to Ludden about Salvadorans' migration, the effects of their departure, and the impact of their return.

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Steve Inskeep
Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
Jennifer Ludden
Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.