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Somali Refugee Issue Divides Massachusetts Town

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Published November 21, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The city council in Holyoke, Mass., fights a federal plan to house Somali war refugees there. Council members argue Holyoke lacks the resources to handle the refugees, but many townspeople are working to help the newcomers to stay. Karen Brown of member station WFCR reports.

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