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Magaly Alvarado on Providing Assistance to Foreign Born People in the U.S.

Posted Dec 18, 2017

"South Florida contains one of the highest concentrations of foreign-born people living in the U-S who want to achieve the American Dream. The path to citizenship can be tricky , but one local organization may have figured out how to help. In this edition of Comcast Newsmakers, Magaly Alvarado, Senior Program Manager at Hispanic Unity Florida, discusses their path to citizenship. Interview recorded: December 1^st, 2017"

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