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Refugee and Immigrant Association launches southwest side service
Refugee and Immigrant Association board member Belton Wendo opens the door last Wednesday to the Refugee and Immigrant Association van for Abraham Irakoze from his home to Hoover Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. The association has purchased the van to provide transportation to school for children who live at Glenbrook Apartments and other locations. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Nine-year-old Elizabeth Fadhili gets into a Refugee and Immigrant Association van last Wednesday at her home at Glenbrook Apartments in southwest Cedar Rapids. The association purchased the van to provide transportation to school for children who live at Glenbrook Apartments and other locations. The kids live too close to school to qualify for school district busing. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
matthew. it s time to be constructive with him over the next four years to natter how much you even disagreed along the way, it s time to think about how constructive can you be because he s our president. abby: all right, all right, all right. telling his peers it s time to embrace president trump as leader while promoting his new film gold, heather. heather: president trump is working day in and day out and night to make america safe again and taking it a step further as rumors swirl that he s considering to deport immigrants on assistance. thank you both for joining us this morning, we really appreciate it. good morning. good morning. heather: first of all,let take a look at the numbers, this is according to the immigrant, the immigrant association, i believe, is where the study comes from, the center for immigration studies back in 2015 and the average immigrant household, the burden on taxpayers is $6,234 and then