A School in Atlanta, a Testing Ground for Attitudes on Immigration

[Thomas Davis]

The New York Times recently published a heart-warming article about a community school in Atlanta with a large refugee population. Many of the refugee children have experienced trauma, and need to deal with the aftermath of that, as well as language and culture-adjustment challenges. Nevertheless, there are many signs of hope, hope that the inscription on our Statue of Liberty may prove to be in accord with our attitudes on immigration: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free." See: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/us/25school.html?ex=1356325200&en=b7e331d81e227c5a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink