Analysis: The Fresno Family

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The Fresno Bee’s article “Fresno Family represents the plight of the Syrian Refugees” states the trouble Syrian refugee families are in and the amount of help they would need. The Fresno Bee explains that it takes time to get adjusted to a new life oceans away in a different country. First, The Fresno Bee talks about many families coming from Syria to the United States. The Kashak family is one of them. Syria is under civil war, and there are millions of families are escaping the war-torn country. Many of these refugees are taking shelter in the United States. “The Kashak family are among about 10,000 people in the US who fled the Syrian war.” (qtd The Fresno Bee 5). Next, it talks about how hard it is for refugees to enter the US. Many countries

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