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    December 23, 2017
    Tri Phan, who is retiring after 27 years at Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, holds a photo from the first day he and his family arrived in Fargo in 1990. Mike McFeely / The Forum
    McFeely: Refugee who helped settle region's refugees retiring from leadership role at LSS
    FARGO—Tri Phan will retire from Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota on Sunday, Dec. 31, after 27 years. He and his colleagues figure...
    opinion/columnsDecember 23, 2017 - 9:01pm
    September 19, 2017
    The car of a Somali-American man, who lives in south Fargo, was vandalized with what's believed to be animal feces. Submitted photo.play button
    Group calls for hate crime probe after Fargo man's car vandalized with feces
    FARGO — Yussuf Mohamed, a U.S. citizen from Somalia, left his south Fargo apartment about 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, to go out to dinner....
    newsSeptember 19, 2017 - 8:11pm
    June 10, 2017
    St. Paul faults immigrant student's instruction
    ST. PAUL — A finding of discrimination against a Karen immigrant student is the latest strike against a St. Paul Public Schools equity initiative that pushed English-learning students into mainstream classes without language assistance. The St. Paul Department of Human Rights...
    newsJune 10, 2017 - 12:07am
    May 29, 2017
    Mariano Espinoza, director of the Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network, met Tuesday with a group of citizens in Montevideo. He offered ideas on how communities in Minnesota can help immigrant communities deal with the new pressures they are facing. Tom Cherveny | Forum News Service
    Western Minnesota town's residents seek to help fearful immigrants
    MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — A group of residents in a west-central Minnesota town wants to work with the Minnesota Immigration Freedom Network...
    newsMay 29, 2017 - 7:41pm
    April 22, 2017
    Christian Harris, board chairman for the United Liberian Association of North Dakota, shown participating in Welcome Week in 2015 with, from left, Norah Ogunti and Korto Parker. Fargo's Liberian community will inaugurate its new leaders Saturday, April 22. Special to The Forum
    'We have to fit into this puzzle': Fargo's growing Liberian community seeks center of its own
    FARGO — Liberia was still rebuilding after 14 years of civil war and upheaval when Ebola struck the West African nation in 2014 and 2015....
    newsApril 22, 2017 - 9:49am
    March 28, 2017
    FILE PHOTO: Reggie Tarr sits for a portrait in his office in downtown Grand Forks, ND on Tuesday, September 13, 2016. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)
    Federal funds give refugees a start, but communities offer local safety net
    When she's not behind the counter at Al Amin Grocery in Grand Forks, Ilhaam Hassan is helping fellow members of the local Somali refugee community...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 28, 2017 - 12:22pm
    February 20, 2017
    Study: Immigrants make up growing part of workforce, tax base of ND, Minnesota
    FARGO—A new analysis is shedding some light on the growing economic impact of immigrants who live and work in North Dakota and Minnesota...
    newsFebruary 20, 2017 - 9:31pm
    January 28, 2017
    U.S. official: Trump's immigration order affects green card holders
    WASHINGTON - New restrictions on immigrants and refugees will mean legal permanent residents, also known as green cards holders, from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries will have to be cleared into the United States on a case-by-case basis, a senior U.S. administration...
    newsJanuary 28, 2017 - 1:14pm
    December 2, 2016
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    Brainerd area immigrants express frustration, hope during cultural panel
    BRAINERD, Minn. — A group of immigrants opened their minds and their hearts to discuss life in America. Central Lakes College Spanish...
    newsDecember 2, 2016 - 9:28am
    October 7, 2016
    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sits with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (L) and retired U.S. Army General Keith Kellogg (R) during a national security meeting with advisors at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segarplay button
    Trump says U.S. officials letting in illegal immigrants so they can vote
    NEW YORK—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday,Oct. 7, accused U.S. authorities of speeding citizenship proceedings...
    newsOctober 7, 2016 - 3:07pm
    August 28, 2016
    A migrant holds a baby as he waits to disembark from Italian Navy ship Sirio in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, Aug. 21. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello
    Abused and exploited, child migrants in Italy dream of better life
    SYRACUSE, Italy—Isaac, a 17 year-old from Ghana, holds back tears and looks down as he tries to describe the six months he spent in a Libyan...
    newsAugust 28, 2016 - 6:14am
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