These refugees often had to adopt new roles in order to survive.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2026
More than 6 million Afghans fled to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, but both those countries have kicked out nearly all their Afghan refugees in recent years—even Afghans who arrived back in 1979, during the Soviet invasion.
His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Aug. 2026
But between two women of color, in this case the reporter and subject–both daughters of immigrants–articulation was unnecessary.
The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
29 July 2026
González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
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Alfredo Corchado,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2026
Likewise, the Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens provides a pathway for eligible former citizens with minimal tax liability to resolve outstanding filing obligations without becoming covered expatriates.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2026
His success in the States landed him on the Israeli reality series The Americans, which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.
Concern about Russian attempts to divide the EU Spain publicly has accused Russia, along with Israel, of using disinformation to incite migrants to cross from Morocco into its Ceuta exclave in northern Africa.
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Lorne Cook,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Sep. 2026
Burnham’s office said efforts to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats will top the agenda.
Anthropic, founded by OpenAI defectors, is now expected to be the first of the two companies to go public, two people familiar with its plans say, with the IPO as early as September.
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Alex Heath,
Time,
26 Aug. 2026
The documentary tracks students at the Jangdaehyun School in Busan, South Korea – an institution serving North Korean defectors and their families.
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