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Welcome to Lancaster
Welcome to Lancaster is a short documentary looking at differing views on refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a place famous for its own persecuted religious communities. While a former member of the Amish church has started a conservative PAC and is against allowing refugees to settle in the United States, a couple who are reformed Mennonites take Somali war refugees into their home.
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