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Refugees

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Two sisters who left Darfur as refugees, and made their way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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Bring in the Refugees

  • James Fallows
  • September 10, 2021
The most encouraging front-page headline I’ve seen in the New York Times in a long time was this, from Labor Day. It was on a story by Miriam Jordan and Jennifer Steinhauer, and…
Erie Pennsylvania's Refugee Owned Businesses 2021
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Erie Celebrates World Refugee Day with New Film, Publishes Directory of Refugee-Owned Businesses

  • Ben Speggen
  • June 27, 2021
Erie Celebrates World Refugee Day with New Film, Publishes Directory of Refugee-Owned Businesses
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania (Carlo Allegri / Reuters)
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An American Story, Starting in Kosovo

  • James Fallows
  • June 24, 2019
Idealistic people from outside America's borders have continually prompted the country to live up to its own ideals; an example from Erie.
Maitham Basha-Agha, the Iraqi-American who photographed Erie's "New American" refugees for the Erie Reader. (Maitham Basha-Agha, for Erie Reader)
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Meanwhile in America: ‘New Americans’ in the Rust Belt

  • James Fallows
  • February 1, 2017
'New Americans' in the Rust Belt
Sustainability Academy in Burlington, Vermont, a neighborhood school for many refugees (Deborah Fallows)
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A Post-Election Field Report From America’s Refugees and Immigrants

  • Deborah Fallows
  • December 3, 2016
Words and stories from the towns where the newest Americans live
Sisters originally from Darfur, resettled in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The young lady on the left was a proud member of public high school ROTC. (Deborah Fallows / the Atlantic)
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Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American

  • James Fallows
  • October 29, 2016
Deb Fallows has a new post up, about what’s actually involved in settling immigrants from Syria—or Somalia or Congo or Bhutan—in the American cities that have taken the lead in…
The Multicultural Community Resource Center (MCRC) in Erie, Pennsylvania (Deborah Fallows)
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What It Takes to Settle Refugees

  • Deborah Fallows
  • October 28, 2016
The people of Erie, Pennsylvania, have welcomed immigrants and refugees, and believe that their town is better off for having done so.
Entrepreneur Alicia De La Torre, of Dodge City, Kansas (Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic)
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Is America in a Boiling Fury About Immigration?

  • James Fallows
  • October 22, 2016
Not the America I Have Seen
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Documentary: The Truth About American Towns That Welcome Refugees

  • Michelle Ellia
  • October 18, 2016
A documentary about small towns and immigration produced for the American Futures project.
Mohammad Zkrit and three of his four children stand on the porch of their newly-rented home in Erie, Pennsylvania. The family fled the ongoing civil war in Syria and have been resettled in the United States.
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‘America Is a Dream Country’

  • Deborah Fallows
  • August 26, 2016
What does it mean to spend years as a Syrian refugee and then land in a brand new life in Erie, Pennsylvania?
Students move between classes at Dodge City High School in Dodge City, Kansas, on April 4, 2007. More than 70 percent of the students at the school are Hispanic.
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Educating Migrant Children in Dodge City

  • Deborah Fallows
  • August 3, 2016
"We're a port of entry 1,000 miles from the border."
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From Burma to Burlington: The Story of ‘Brings Luck’

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 23, 2013
A refugee finding a new life.
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‘When’s your birthday? January 1st’ Report from Sioux Falls

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 6, 2013
A school district of 60 different languages and cultures.

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