Africans bring new face to Midwest
In Lexington Nebraska Degma Ali a 24 year old Somali refugee works a late shift at a meatpacking plant showing a life of adaption in a town of 10 250 As the town absorbs increasing numbers of African migrants amid prior Hispanic arrivals officials and residents weigh shifts in culture and labor patterns in the rural Midwest.
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Lexington
Neb
Degma Ali
Nebraska
Somalia
Ali
U.S
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Somali Refugees Find New Life in Lexington Meatplants
Somali refugee Omar Abib describes moving to Lexington to work at Tyson Foods, drawn by pay and quiet living. Immigration officials note rising African refugee settlement in Nebraska towns and Midwest meatpacking centers, with Castaneda of Lutheran Family Services noting more African than Hispanic clients and new paths to legal status.
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Nebraska
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Omar Abib
Tyson Foods
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Texas
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Lutheran Family Services
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Ohio
Ali
Seattle
Chesapeake Bay blue crabs near 17 year low forecast record harvest dip
Federal and state scientists report Chesapeake Bay blue crabs at about one third of their 1993 level with roughly 273 million crabs now versus 852 million in 1993. The fall crabbing season ending December 15 in Maryland could yield one of the lowest hauls since 1945.
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Chesapeake Bay
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Chesapeake
Maryland
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Bay
U.S. Naval Academy
Ernst
Douglas Lipton
University of Maryland
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