The Midwest is home to some of the largest refugee communities in the country, and Iowa has been instrumental in creating the modern refugee resettlement system. But who is a refugee, and what distinguishes refugees from immigrants? Learn more at a free UI Provost's Global Forum, "Refugees in the Heartland," April 4-7. Story
2012.04.17 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:18 AM
Lecture will look at the intertwined economic fortunes of Postville, Iowa, and El Rosario, Guatemala after the May 2008 immigration raid on a Postville meatpacking facility. Story