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Topic | Story of a deportee to Iraq, man who came to US when he was two. |
CyricZ 11/27/18 9:58:22 PM #1: | https://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-they-know-im-different-deportee-struggles-in-iraq-after-decades-living-in-us/ tl;dr Man was brought to US from Iraq when he was two. He grew up in the US, got a degree, got a job. Legal resident. He also got a conviction for assault on his brother-in-law. Served three years. In 2017 he was part of a sweep by ICE looking to accelerate deportations. He hasn't lived in Iraq for decades. He barely speaks Arabic. No one in Iraq trusts him. He struggles to find work. He's been beaten. He lives in a makeshift house. --- CyricZ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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