Reminder For Governors: Refugees Are Actually Good For America

Reminder For Governors: Refugees Are Actually Good For America
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NASHVILLE—On his reg­u­lar patrol through East Nashville, Of­ficer Jiyayi Su­ley­man drives by the Two Rivers Baptist Church, which sponsored his fam­ily’s refugee re­set­tle­ment back in 1991. The sight of it of­ten evokes that sum­mer he ar­rived in the United States as a little 4-year-old wear­ing white and pink snow boots, sky-blue shorts, and a yel­low tur­tle­neck.

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