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American Dream/Cambodian Nightmare

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ken Dowell

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 | 4 Comments

Operation Sojourner: Spies in the Pews

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Ken Dowell

How the INS infiltrated the Santuary Movement Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alan C. Nelson, El Salvador, Guatemala, history, immigrants, INS, James Fike, Jesus Cruz, Operation Sojourner, refugees, Sanctuary Movement, Southside Presbyterian Church | 2 Comments

It All Started at a Little Church in Tucson

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Ken Dowell

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 | 6 Comments

1980: Good Times/Bad Times for Those Seeking Asylum in the U.S.

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Ken Dowell

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 | 3 Comments

‘There are the right kind of boat people, it seems, and the wrong kind’

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Ken Dowell

America’s response to the Haitian boat people Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged boat people, Haiti, Haitian refugees, history, immigration, racism, refugees | 13 Comments

FDR’s Black Eye

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Ken Dowell

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 | 7 Comments

Welcoming With One Open Arm

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Americans’ mixed reaction to refugees and immigrants Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged history, immigrants, nativists, refugees, Trump | 5 Comments

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