Immigration

People, businesses and service organizations gather in a parking lot for Kansas City's World Refugee Day event.

World Refugee Day Draws Diverse Mix of People and Businesses

By Teagan King | June 19, 2023

Kansas City’s World Refugee Day event attracted a diverse mix of people, businesses and service providers to the Kansas City Public Library’s Northeast branch.

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The t-shirt that the Liberian bi-state organization is producing for the Ralph Yarl family.

Ralph Yarl Shooting Reverberates in KC’s Liberian Community

By Mary Sanchez | May 3, 2023

The shooting of Ralph Yarl has reverberated through Kansas City’s close-knit Liberian community, which has rallied around one of their own.

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A family picture, outside on a wooden deck. In the 1990s, Denis Kweri was a young 20-something fleeing from the second Sudanese Civil War. He and his family made their way to Kansas City where he says he found a home and hope. Now he wants to pay it forward. (Contributed)

curiousKC | How Refugee Resettlement Works for Those With Careers 

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | May 1, 2023

How do refugees who had existing lives and careers rebuild in Kansas City? The answer in this curiousKC story.

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A mother kisses her daughter on the forehead. The daughter is crying,

New Documentary Highlights Legal Immigrant Plight

By Mary Sanchez | February 23, 2023

The fallout from a Kansas City-area hate crime is the subject of a new documentary film.

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Maria Morales her son Carlos, a graduate of Shawnee Mission South High School, are part of the family team managing their janitorial service firm, which is trying to expand, but has difficulty finding enough willing, qualified workers to hire.

Help Wanted: A Daily Struggle for Immigrant-owned Local Firm

By Mary Sanchez | February 15, 2023

President Joe Biden spent little time addressing immigration in his State of the Union speech. But it’s shaping our economic future. Help wanted.

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