PHOTO ESSAY: A Small Town on Cincinnati’s Outskirts Is Among Those Transformed by Immigration Surge – WTOP News
Most now have work permits and jobs, and a free bike shop has become a center for the West African community.
- In Lockland, Ohio, an old building housing Bikes and Stuff bustles every Friday afternoon, serving as a central hub where West African migrants converse in English and Pular while refurbishing bicycles.
- Three years ago, thousands of migrants, primarily from Mauritania, arrived suddenly in this small town as part of an unprecedented surge of 4.7 million border crossings into the United States, according to The Associated Press.
- Diallo works 10 hours a day, six days a week, at a meatpacking plant, having saved enough money to buy a car since arriving with only the clothes on his back.
- Vincent Wilson, who runs Bikes and Stuff, routinely assists migrants with their check-ins at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, holding their car keys during appointments to prevent potential detention.
- Most migrants fled their country because they say they were persecuted for opposing the authoritarian government and are currently asking the United States to grant them asylum.
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PHOTO ESSAY: A small town on Cincinnati’s outskirts is among those transformed by immigration surge
An old building in Lockland, Ohio, bustles every Friday afternoon, the sound of hammering old bicycle tires mixing with laughter and conversation that switches from English to the West African language Pular. The shop, called Bikes and Stuff, offers free bikes to anyone willing to help refurbish one, and it has become the center of...
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PHOTO ESSAY: A small town on Cincinnati's outskirts is among those transformed by immigration surge
An old building in Lockland, Ohio, bustles every Friday afternoon, the sound of hammering old bicycle tires mixing with laughter and conversation that switches from English to the West African language Pular.
PHOTO ESSAY: A small town on Cincinnati’s outskirts is among those transformed by immigration surge – WTOP News
An old building in Lockland, Ohio, bustles every Friday afternoon, the sound of hammering old bicycle tires mixing with laughter and conversation that switches
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