In Flooded Colorado, Immigrants’ Livelihoods Washed Away

By Kirk Seigler, NPR

In flood-ravaged Colorado, much of the recovery has focused on rebuilding roads and bridges to mountain towns cut off by last month’s floods. But take a drive east to the state’s rolling plains, and a whole new set of staggering problems unfolds in farm country.

… hundreds of immigrant families have lost their homes. Some don’t have any family members who are citizens and eligible for aid. Many are turning to private charities like hers, Marquez says. And some churches are trying to raise money to buy families new mobile homes.

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