Hutchison and another activist once arrived at the border to bring a group of Salvadorans across, only to find two reporters from The Sacramento Bee who were already there waiting for them. “Did anyone ask these Salvadorans if they were OK with this?” Hutchison asked. There was no time to rehash the verbal agreements that had been brokered back in Tucson. The priority was getting the families into the US. The reporters were sympathetic, even valuable to the general cause, but now Hutchison had to make an extra set of arrangements for them. Did they need another car for the crossing? Who would
...more
