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The Haitian dream for America

Headlines From The Times

L.A. Times Studios

News, Daily News, Society & Culture, The Times, California

4.1544 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In episode five of "Line in the Land," a podcast from Texas Public Radio and the Houston Chronicle, Haitian refugees share stories about what happened when they reached the end of their perilous journey and made it to the U.S. border.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up? It's Gustavo Ariano. You're listening to The Times, Essential News,

0:08.0

from LA Times. Today, episode five of Align in the Land from our friends at Texas Public Radio

0:13.2

and the Houston Chronicle. It's a podcast that explores the human story behind the Haitian

0:17.2

immigration journey to the United States. It's Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

0:22.6

After displacement from Haiti, an exodus from South America,

0:26.6

and an epic journey through Central America and Mexico,

0:29.6

what became of the American dream for these refugees?

0:32.6

In this final episode of Line in the Land,

0:34.6

Haitians explained where they ended up.

0:36.6

By the way, if you haven't

0:38.2

listened to the first four episodes, you should go back and do that now. We've been airing

0:41.8

episodes from A Line in the Land every Tuesday through August. Today's episode is the last

0:46.6

in the series. Hope you enjoyed it.

0:48.4

Hey. There. Hey, there are episodes of Line in the Land in English and in Spanish.

1:02.4

This is the English version.

1:04.1

To listen in Spanish,

1:05.7

Vuel Vuelve Al-Feed,

1:06.7

to encounter the version with the title,

1:09.3

La Linea.

1:16.8

I'm a bit of a movie of a good. to find the version with the title, La Linea. The mood was pretty upbeat at the Acuna migrant shelter on a sunny November morning.

1:24.0

Domingue Paul and his wife, Katslieff, were lining up to board a bus,

1:28.8

finally taking them away from this dilapidated building

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