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SEPARATED BY THE STATE
WNYC and PBS Newshour Weekend team up to tell the story of a Congolese couple separated by changes to U.S. immigration policy and refugee regulations. WNYC reporter Matt Katz is here to share the story of a man living in Elizabeth, NJ, hoping to reunite with his wife who remains in a refugee camp in Africa due to the most dramatic changes to the U.S. refugee program in a generation.
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