Almost every day, about three hundred refugees set foot, for the first time, on American ground. Some come from towns with little to no electricity, others from overcrowded camps and cities. Last year, the greatest numbers came from Myanmar, Iraq, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. What unifies these refugees is the persecution they have endured, and their wait, often a decade or more, to call the United States home.

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