Posted on 04/03/2009 9:19:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — It is one thing to be an immigrant in New York City, and quite another to be an immigrant in this working-class city 175 miles to the northwest.
The American Civic Association headquarters on Front Street is not much to look at — a one-story blond-brick building in a neighborhood of small businesses, some of them boarded up. But for years, it had been, in its own quiet, multilingual way, the equivalent of Ellis Island for Binghamton and the rest of Broome County.
The association, a member agency of the United Way of Broome County, offers citizenship classes, immigration assistance, personal counseling, family reunification and interpreters. “When I came to the U.S., they helped me out, too,” said Thanh Huynh, a high school teacher and Vietnamese immigrant who lives in Binghamton. “They gave me food. They gave me money. They helped me with immigrant papers.”
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It’s been a while but old scores from the old country continue to be settled by Vietnamese immigrants in this country.
this is just one nut job carrying out his "big man" ideation, why does the press need to make up silly little anecdotal stories......
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