We Thought It Would Be Heaven

Refugees in an Unequal America

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"This beautifully written but heartrending book tells what happens when refugees needing rescue from violence come to America. Instead of security, the refugees encounter a resettlement system that leaves the promise of humanitarianism unfulfilled and pushes them into the ranks of the unprotected working poor. An eye-opening, deeply unsettling account."--Roger Waldinger, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles "Sharply analyzed, richly detailed, and intricately humane, We Thought It Would Be Heaven exposes the bewildering maze of rules and regulations that t...