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June 4th, 2024
Syrian Family Finds Home in Union City
I imagine it was a bittersweet day for them.
About 5 years ago they escaped Syria in the middle of the night, all 8 of them, crawling through the dirt at one point.
It was their third attempt to cross the border into Turkey. This time they were finally able to get there and stay there.
They left behind everything.
Friendships, community, possessions, assets, culture, familiarity - everything.
They began again in Istanbul, where they lived for 3 years on work visas. But it wasn't their forever home and they began working with a refugee organization with the goal of seeking asylum in the United States.
They were all set to make their way to a new life, having left their jobs in Istanbul and their visas, when they received word that they would not be able to come to the U.S., probably ever, due to the travel ban that was enacted in 2017.
Suddenly things looked bleak for them and they were in immigration limbo.
