Needs of immigrants, poor are a planning concern

This neighborhood has changed over the years, from being home to Irish and German immigrants 100 years ago, to mostly Latino and African now. These new immigrants are learning English and the culture, just like 100 years ago. - - Donna Poisl

By Maria Wiering

Leticia Cazales and Amina Osman engaged in conversation recently about their families in a classroom at Centro Guadalupano, which is housed at Holy Rosary in South Minneapolis.

The problem was, Cazales’ native language is Spanish, while Osman’s is Somali. But, thanks to the Eng­lish as a Sec­ond Lan­guage class in which they were en­rolled, free of charge, they were able to conquer the language barrier and learn about each other’s backgrounds.
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