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Refugees in a New Land
by Times-News
Refugees who arrive in Twin Falls, Idaho, build their new lives in a community where opinions on refugee resettlement are deeply divided and opponents are vocal. Times-News journalists are following a family of four from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through their first year in Twin Falls.
Episodes
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Episode 7: The Controversy
Putting a ballot measure before Twin Falls County voters is the only legitimate way to measure support for refugee resettlement, a local activist says. But while he gathers signatures in support of the measure, a few people around Twin Falls demonstrate their support in direct and individual ways…
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Episode 6: The Mommy Connection
A young refugee mother from the Democratic Republic of the Congo – pregnant and unable to drive or speak English – deals with loneliness and isolation after her husband starts work. But one Twin Falls volunteer invites her to play dates where refugee families mingle with American ones. And…
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Episode 5: The City
A refugee family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo starts experiencing its new city: library story time, a bowling alley, a shopping trip to Walmart. Those outings are led by the volunteer mentor who’s helping the family adjust to Twin Falls. But she meets resistance when she tries to...
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Episode 4: The Family
Confined in their apartment by cold weather, the refugees chat online with friends back home in Africa and wish for people in Idaho to visit. The husband gets a surprising gift at an English class, and the wife learns the sex of the child she’s expecting. The project reporting team is in the room...
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Episode 3: The Painful Past
A young man who fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo begins to open up about his experiences in a Malawi refugee camp. And he gives the reporting team permission for its project – following him and his wife during their first year in Twin Falls. The team will observe the couple’s first…
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Episode 2: The Lessons
On their second day in Twin Falls, rapid-fire instructions introduce the Congolese refugees to power bills, cold weather and other realities. A reporter and a photographer follow the family to a big holiday dinner at a Twin Falls home – where the conversation, naturally, turns to Idaho weather.…
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Episode 1: The Arrival
The project reporting team scrambles to prepare for the nighttime arrival of a Swahili-speaking family at the Twin Falls airport. A reporter and photographer document the family’s crash course in American life that night, as a resettlement worker shows the refugees how to use things in their new...
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Refugees who arrive in Twin Falls, Idaho, build their new lives in a community where opinions on refugee resettlement are deeply divided and opponents are vocal. Times-News journalists are following a family of four from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through their first year in Twin Falls.
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Refugees who arrive in Twin Falls, Idaho, build their new lives in a community where opinions on refugee resettlement are deeply divided and opponents are vocal. Times-News journalists are following a family of four from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through their first year in Twin Falls.
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