Testimony to Congress

Testimony to Congress
In 1990, as the U.S. sponsored wars against the people of El Salvador and Guatemala raged, the flood of refugees into the United States was producing the greatest immigration wave the country had ever seen. I was invited to address a Congressional committee on the condition of refugee children in California, where I was working in human rights psychology. Nothing changed in U.S. policy, but official presentations like this make it harder for legislators to say they didn't know...