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American Dream/Cambodian Nightmare
Book review: “A Refugee’s American Dream” Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged book review, books, Cambodia, history, Joe Samuel Starnes, Killing Fields, Leth Oun, memoir, refugees, Secret Service
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Operation Sojourner: Spies in the Pews
How the INS infiltrated the Santuary Movement Continue reading
It All Started at a Little Church in Tucson
The Sanctuary Movement of the 1980’s Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Arizona, El Salvador, Guatamala, immigrants, James A. Corbett, refugees, Sanctuary Movement, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson
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1980: Good Times/Bad Times for Those Seeking Asylum in the U.S.
Central Americans and U.S. refugee policy Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Central America, El Salvador, Guatamala, history, Refugee Act of 1920, refugees, Ronald Reagan
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‘There are the right kind of boat people, it seems, and the wrong kind’
America’s response to the Haitian boat people Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged boat people, Haiti, Haitian refugees, history, immigration, racism, refugees
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FDR’s Black Eye
How we closed the door on German Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Franklin Delano roosevelt, history, Holocaust, refugees, Wagner-Rogers Bill, World War II
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Welcoming With One Open Arm
Americans’ mixed reaction to refugees and immigrants Continue reading