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 » Upon graduating from Columbia University, I worked for a year at the biggest newspaper in New Jersey, The Star-Ledger. There I covered the city of Elizabeth, where more than half the population is Hispanic. In 2006, I traveled to Mexico to write a cover story on Central American migrants for the newspaper.

› Mexico's own migrant problem: While the Mexican government demands respect for the human rights of its undocumented countrymen inside the U.S., an uncomfortable double-standard unfolds within its own borders: many Central American migrants traversing the country are the victims of violence and abuse.

› Torn up over being torn down: A fake architect took thousands of dollars from several families and disappeared without completing work. In one case, he demolished a house and vanished before building its replacement, leaving a family to live in a relative's basement.

› New life for a historic train station: The story of an abandoned building from the 1890s.