Emily Green

Reporter covering the justice system for Georgia Public Broadcasting

Emily Green appears in the following:

Mexico City is teetering on the edge of a massive water crisis

Monday, February 26, 2024

Mexico City is grappling with a water shortage — exacerbated by poor infrastructure and climate change. And if the rain doesn't come in the next few months, the situation could become critical.

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El Salvador's popular but authoritarian president declares election victory

Monday, February 05, 2024

Nayib Bukele has surprised no one by claiming a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election. The contest was dominated by debate over the tradeoff between security and democracy.

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Another Case Involving Ex-Atlanta Officer Garrett Rolfe Is Scrutinized

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

The ex-Atlanta officer charged with killing Rayshard Brooks fired at another man in 2015. It took five years for that case to be resolved — highlighting an often slow-moving justice system.

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Profile Of Cobb County DA Joyette Holmes, Who Is Prosecuting Arbery Case

Thursday, June 04, 2020

Three white men charged in the death of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery are due in a Georgia court Thursday. District Attorney Joyette Holmes has been newly assigned to prosecute.

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El Salvador Ramps Up Security To Stop Migrants

Sunday, September 29, 2019

El Salvador is deploying scores of police officers and soldiers to its border to stop migrants. It's all part of a new agreement with the United States to stop the flow of migrants heading north.

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Deal With El Salvador Aims To Stem Flow Of Migrants Into U.S.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

The U.S. and El Salvador have entered into an asylum agreement that would allow the U.S. to refuse migrants and send them to the crime-plagued Central American country.

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Trump Policy To Send Asylum-Seekers Back To Mexico Overwhelms Shelters

Friday, May 10, 2019

The Trump administration's policy of sending asylum seekers back to Mexico to await a ruling is causing a huge buildup of migrants in border cities. Shelters are running out of room to care for them.

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Asylum Seekers Rely On Ad Hoc Group Of Migrant Coordinators

Sunday, December 09, 2018

The thousands of Central American migrants in limbo in northern Mexico are relying on an ad hoc group of organizers among them to keep lists of asylum seekers and look after their conditions.

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Caravan Exposes Many Mexicans' Own Unease Toward Migrants

Sunday, November 04, 2018

Mexico is a land of migration with people coming, people going and people passing through. But attitudes toward the migrant caravan headed toward the U.S. are mixed.

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Foreign Actors On Mexico's Theater Stage Stir Resentment Behind The Scenes

Saturday, September 08, 2018

Mexico's immigration battle with the U.S. plays out in the news daily, but a more subtle tension over cultural identity took center stage this week: foreigners taking leading roles in Mexican theater.

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For Some Gang Members In El Salvador, The Evangelical Church Offers A Way Out

Monday, July 02, 2018

"Our message is that [the gang members] should understand there is a life outside of the gang," says evangelical pastor Nelson Moz. "That they can make it, with the help of God."

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In El Salvador, Becoming An Evangelical Is A Way Out Of A Gang

Monday, July 02, 2018

Violent criminal gangs in Central America are difficult for youth to escape. But in El Salvador, it looks like active participation in an Evangelical church may be one route out.

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El Salvador Pressures U.S. To Reunite Migrant Families

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Migrants deported back to their Central American homelands sometimes are forced to leave without their children. El Salvador now says it won't allow the U.S. to return deportees until they have been reunited with their children.

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Salvadorans Weigh In On How They View The U.S. Immigration Situation

Friday, June 22, 2018

The Trump administration policies on migrant families are big news in El Salvador. Editorials describe the policy of separating families as racist. Many Salvadorans now say they wouldn't attempt to get into the U.S. with children, even though President Trump has reversed the order.

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As Mexico Capitalizes On Her Image, Has Frida Kahlo Become Over-Commercialized?

Saturday, June 02, 2018

While a judge ruled Mattel can't sell Frida Barbie dolls in Mexico, her image remains a huge marketing tool. As rights issues roil makers, some say Fridamania dishonors the anti-capitalist artist.

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As DACA Debate Drags On, Some DREAMers Are Moving Back To Mexico Voluntarily

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

For some DACA recipients, the dream became too hard to hold onto. Noe Martinez came to the U.S. when he was 15. By 29, he had a college degree and a thriving business in Oklahoma. But he missed his parents in Mexico. Now he's back there and wondering what lies in store for him.

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Mexico Struggles To Integrate Foreign Students, Including U.S.-Born Children

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

More American youth are moving to Mexico than there are Mexican youth coming to the U.S. More than half a million American children have moved to Mexico since 2008, and are studying in schools there.

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One Reporter Shares The 'Extraordinary Generosity' She Saw After Mexico City's Earthquake

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

When Mexico City was rocked by a powerful earthquake, people ran out into the street as the buildings they were in collapsed. Devastation was everywhere, but so was kindness amid the disaster.

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More Than 200 Killed In Mexico Earthquake

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

More than 200 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that struck Mexico Tuesday. It's the second earthquake in less than two weeks.

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Investment Guru Teaches Financial Literacy While Serving Life Sentence

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Prison is perhaps the last place anyone would expect to learn about investing and money management.

But at San Quentin Prison, Curtis Carroll's class is a hot item. The 36-year-old has gained a reputation for his stock-picking prowess. He's even earned the nickname "Wall Street."

Carroll and prison officials have ...

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