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My Grandparents’ Immigration Woes Were Tragically Like Today’s
sadly timeless
The author’s family emigrated from Russia and wound up in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, but the struggle and hardships they faced have a curiously contemporary ring.
Mary Kay Zuravleff
Published
May 27 2023
11:57PM EDT
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