I expected the America I had seen on TV. But life on Chicago’s South Side is a struggle. – Chalkbeat Chicago

"I started school in Chicago just two months before my eighth grade graduation. I might not remember my middle school classmates' names or faces, but I definitely remember the lockdown drill I experienced soon after arriving...Back in Nigeria, I had never even heard a gunshot. I used to play outside a lot there."
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debtsor
4 years ago

This refugee’s story makes about as much sense as Jussie Smollet’s MAGA country attack. If you read between the lines, this American hating CPS grad is probably an illegal immigrant. Her parents stole her slot at a decent high school that rightfully belonged to a native. That’s why she can’t get financial aid – she’s not really a refugee or asylee. She calls herself that but she’s not really either. She’s illegal immigrant that why she can’t get financial aid. The link she provides about financial aid says that refugees are eligible for financial aid but she is not! And… Read more »

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