When the Mara Salvatrucha Defeated Trump on Long Island

In 2017, nine brutal murders on Long Island put a handful of migrant towns on the world map. Donald Trump used them to bolster his anti-immigrant agenda. Meanwhile, near the Statue of Liberty, MS-13 continued to feed on lonely teens, strangers to their new world. The story of the Mara Salvatrucha, which took root in L.A. decades ago, unfolds anew on Long Island.