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Refugees among thousands of North Dakotans losing SNAP benefits amid federal changes

  • Ceilidh Kern

For years, most of Shahin Azizi’s clients at Global Refuge in Fargo participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to help them cover the cost of food while they got settled and looked for work. Some stayed on the program even after they found jobs to help them provide for their larger families. But a […]

Commentary

Immigrants helped shape Arkansas. The state shouldn’t forget that history.

  • Andrew DeMillo

I’ve never been to Tontitown, nor have I had the pleasure of partaking in its storied annual Grape Festival. But the northwest Arkansas community founded by Italian immigrants feels familiar to me. That’s partly because of Deputy Editor Antoinette Grajeda’s recent article on how the debate over immigration enforcement is playing out in the small […]

Oregon

How Trump closed a key career path for Oregon immigrants and refugees

  • Mia Maldonado

Abdul Saboor Hassan moved to Oregon in 2020 after qualifying for a green card for his service to the U.S. Army in his home country, Afghanistan. He became a commercial truck driver for a short period of time before becoming a commercial driving instructor, an experience that motivated him to open his own commercial driving […]