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

By Steve Inskeep,

Jennifer Ludden

Published April 9, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

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

NPR National Correspondent Jennifer Ludden covers economic inequality, exploring systemic disparities in housing, food insecurity and wealth. She seeks to explain the growing gap between socio-economic groups, and government policies to try and change it.

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