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Secondary Migration to Columbus Junction, Iowa
Refugees from Myanmar who moved to Columbus Junction for jobs with Tyson Foods are the subject of an article in The Jamestown Sun. The small town has made efforts to accommodate the new immigrants, al… more →
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Secondary Migration to Columbus Junction, Iowa
wrote 1 week ago: Refugees from Myanmar who moved to Columbus Junction for jobs with Tyson Foods are the subject of an … more →
International Center in Bowling Green
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wrote 6 months ago: Using a FOIA request I just found another government inspection report for the International Center … more →
ORR grant money to help refugees in Waterloo/Cedar Rapids, Iowa
wrote 6 months ago: A year-and-a-half after refugees from Myanmar faced a serious lack of assistance in Waterloo after m … more →
Refugees in Iowa introduce unprecedented language barriers in rural communities
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wrote 9 months ago: The influx of refugees to rural meatpacking communities in Iowa has produced unprecedented language … more →
Karenni children in Marshalltown drown in Iowa River
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wrote 10 months ago: Another drowning tragedy involving refugee children has occurred, this time in Marshalltown, Iowa. O … more →
Refugees and diversity visa immigrants head to Cargill pork plant in Beardstown, Illinois
wrote 10 months ago: Refugees and diversity visa immigrants fill the Cargill pork plant in Beardstown, Illinois. Lower wa … more →
Myanmar refugees gravitating to Fort Morgan, Colo.
wrote 11 months ago: Fort Morgan, Colo. Is still an active site of refugee secondary migration with refugees from Myanmar … more →
Refugees seek chicken-processing jobs in Noel, MO
wrote 11 months ago: The small Ozarks town of Noel in southern Missouri is the site of secondary and tertiary migration o … more →
IRC office in Abilene branches out to Midland
wrote 11 months ago: The International Rescue Committee office in Abilene, Texas has opened a sub-office in Midland. The … more →
Parts Of Tennessee's Refugee Act and State Dept's Visit To State Stop Making Sense
wrote 1 year ago: David Robinson, acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration appar … more →
Only 55% of Idaho's Employable Refugees Found Work In 2009
wrote 1 year ago: Many refugee resettlement agencies nationwide have resorted to assisting in sending refugees off to … more →
Lest We Forget: Killing by the Numbers
wrote 1 year ago: Follow @yaleSCIbooks Sarah Underwood— Sometimes, the forgetting of history is accidental and gradual … more →
Van Rollover Kills Three Refugees From Amarillo On Way to Cargill Jobs
wrote 1 year ago: A Chevrolet passenger van carrying 15 Somali refugees from Amarillo in the Texas panhandle to their … more →
Possible hate crime being investigated in Fort Morgan
wrote 1 year ago: Vandals did damage to a row of cars and to several of the windows of an apartment building in Fort M … more →
Secondary migration of Myanmar refugees to Nacogdoches in east Texas
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wrote 1 year ago: Pilgrim’s Pride has apparently been working since February 2011 to attract Myanmar refugees from res … more →
Van rollover in Minnesota involving refugees from Myanmar
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wrote 1 year ago: Once again there has been a tragedy involving refugees and a van rollover. One refugee from Myanmar … more →
Secondary migrant refugees stream into Waterloo, IA, federal refugee agencies remain absent
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wrote 1 year ago: As secondary migrant refugees continue arriving in Waterloo – in search of jobs or to join their fam … more →
Fort Morgan, CO a site of secondary migration
wrote 1 year ago: Refugees have migrated to the rural agricultural community of Fort Morgan, Colorado since 2005, main … more →
The American Dream
wrote 1 year ago: The American dream attracted immigrants seeking their fortune in the New World away from the poverty … more →
