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(4 Aug 2017) VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
JUST OUTSIDE ATLANTA IS CLARKSTON…POPULATION AROUND 8 THOUSAND..OVER 50 NATIONALITIES AND 60 LANGUAGES ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN A PLACE THE LOCALS CALL "THE ELLIS ISLAND OF THE SOUTH."
QUICK NAT SOUND OF COFFEE SHOP
IBSA JUNDI FLED HIS BIRTHPLACE OF ETHIOPIA IN JANUARY…HE ENDED UP HERE, IN CLARKSTON..
SOUNDBITE (English) IBSA JUNDI , IMMIGRANT
"I leave my home country because of the clash between government and my tribe."
TODAY, HE WORKS FOR A COFFEE TRUCK BUSINESS CALLED REFUGE AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW IMMIGRATIONS PROPOSAL TOUTED PRESIDENT TRUMP..
SOUNDBITE (English) IBSA JUNDI , IMMIGRANT
"To be an American citizen is the we we are , how we get security"
NAT POP FROM YESTERDAYS PRESSER
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GEORGIA'S OWN, SENATOR DAVID PERDUE IS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE LEGISLATION THAT PROPOSES TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR IMMIGRANTS TO BECOME LEGAL U.S. CITIZENS..
SOUNDBITE (English) MAYOR TED TERRY (D) , CLARKSTON, GA
"The concern I have is that it's creating this idea that America is closing itself off to the rest of the world."
FOURS YEARS IN OFFICE AND JUST 34 YEARS OLD, MAYOR TED TERRY DOESN'T THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAINST IMMIGRATION BUT QUESTIONS THE PROPOSAL TO SHIFT TOWARD A MERIT AND SKILL BASED ENTRANCE SYSTEM..
SOUNDBITE (English) MAYOR TED TERRY (D), CLARKSTON, GA
"Who knows..The next Einstein, the next Picasso, the next Steve Jobs could be waiting in a refugee camp, could be waiting to immigrate to this country and maybe they don't speak English yet but that's not a reason to discount them.."
WITH SO MANY POLICIES IN LIMBO, SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS NEAR CLARKSTON ARE WONDERING WHY IMMIGRATION IS EVEN BEING DISCUSSED ..
SOUNDBITE (English) JUSTIN OWEN , TRUMP SUPPORTER
"There are more issues in the world going on in the world than immigration."
IBSA JUNDI HOPES TO BE BECOME A LEGAL CITIZEN SOMEDAY…MAYOR TERRY SAYS HE KNOWS THERE HAS TO BE POLICY CHANGE BUT WANTS A LESS DIVISIVE TONE…
SOUNDBITE (English) MAYOR TED TERRY (D) , CLARKSTON, GA
"We believe that immigrants and refugees have made our community stronger and we know that the future of our community is brighter because of that diversity.."
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT RECENTLY DEPORTED 10 SOMALI NATIONALS FROM CLARKSTON.. MANY HERE WORRY THAT IF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS EVENTUALLY PASSED THE THE CRACKDOWNS WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT..
ROBERT RAY, ASSOCIATED PRESS , CLARKSTON, GEORGIA

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