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'The Far Away Brothers': The Story Of Coming To America From El Salvador

Vermont Public | By Melody Bodette,

Published January 17, 2018 at 5:18 PM EST

Lauren Markham is author of 'The Far Away Brothers.'

With the news last week that the Trump administration is ending their protective status, more than 200,000 people from El Salvador currently living in the United States are facing deportation.

Some of those people have been calling the U.S. home for a decade, and the each have their own stories about why they were compelled to leave El Salvador and try to start a new life in America.

Journalist and author Lauren Markham told the story of two Salvadoran immigrants.

Markham followed twin brothers as they settled in the U.S. She tells their story in her book, The Far Away Brothers.

Click listen to hear an interview with Lauren Markham.

Markham will be speaking Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Phoenix Books in Burlington.

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Melody Bodette

Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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