The Lopez brothers were 10 and 11, their lawyer said, when their mom brought them across the U.S. border in 2016. The family applied for asylum, claiming they were trying to escape violent gangs in El Salvador.
During the next nine years, Amoachi said immigration officials denied the brothers’ asylum request three times. But they continued to pursue other avenues to remain in the country and checked in regularly with immigration officials.
“They are good people,” the boys' mother, Alma Lopez, said through a translator.
Here illegally a decade and still refuses to speak English
Alma Lopez remains in the U.S. with another son who is said to be disabled.
They can be disabled in El Salvador
For now, the Lopez brothers have been living with a family friend in El Salvador, saying they are afraid to leave the home and are worried about their future plans to work as a welder or financial planner.
El Salvador’s homicide rate: As of May 11, 2025, the rate was estimated to be 1.20 per 100,000 inhabitants
New York: As of the latest data, New York City's homicide rate is 4.9 per 100,000 people
They are 400% less likely to be killed in El Salvador, they’re terrified they will actually have to work for a living instead of leeching off taxpayers in perpetuity
their mom brought them across the U.S. border in 2016.
the boys' mother, Alma Lopez...remains in the U.S....
But...why?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but why is the mom still here? Presumably she's illegal too? Or is she smuggling children in despite being an American? Regardless...bye, Felicia.
Things are going better than they were, but our country still remains a joke. And certainly our legacy media, legacy courts, and legacy politicians.
I read another article about them. She came when she was pregnant and had an anchor baby(the disabled one). She also doesn't live with the two who were deported. She lives in Georgia and the two oldest lived with her "long distance boyfriend" in New York.
Here illegally a decade and still refuses to speak English
They can be disabled in El Salvador
El Salvador’s homicide rate: As of May 11, 2025, the rate was estimated to be 1.20 per 100,000 inhabitants
New York: As of the latest data, New York City's homicide rate is 4.9 per 100,000 people
They are 400% less likely to be killed in El Salvador, they’re terrified they will actually have to work for a living instead of leeching off taxpayers in perpetuity
But...why?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but why is the mom still here? Presumably she's illegal too? Or is she smuggling children in despite being an American? Regardless...bye, Felicia.
Things are going better than they were, but our country still remains a joke. And certainly our legacy media, legacy courts, and legacy politicians.
I read another article about them. She came when she was pregnant and had an anchor baby(the disabled one). She also doesn't live with the two who were deported. She lives in Georgia and the two oldest lived with her "long distance boyfriend" in New York.