Thursday, December 29, 2011

Warm welcome for immigrants

Colorado Springs is welcoming immigrants from many different countries. - - Donna Poisl

by Rhonda Van Pelt

You've heard it before, but it bears repeating: Unless you're Native American, you or your ancestors came to this country as an immigrant.

Barzan Malazada was one of those "huddled masses yearning to breathe free," to quote the Statue of Liberty's message. Malazada is from Iraq's Kurdistan region. He and his family fled Saddam Hussein's reign of terror in 1996; they were targeted because his father was working with a United States-backed charity.

He remembers vividly what life was like there.
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