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Cuban Refugees

Posted by The.IRC on May 12th, 2011
Award-winning musician and actor Jencarlos Canela -- star of Telemundo’s top-rated telenovela, “Más Sabe el Diablo” -- is the first of a number of young artists to be announced this year as an IRC Voice. more »
Posted by The.IRC on January 24th, 2011
We were taught never to be or feel victimized or feel inferior. Or to feel like we were wanting something though certainly we left a lot behind. My father left his business and we left our home. The important thing was our family was together and we were going to school and we were starting a new life. more »
Posted by The.IRC on January 17th, 2011
The United States provides opportunity like no other country. The IRC is the mechanism that allows people who are homeless -— people who’ve lost their home for one reason or another -- to have a second chance at a new life. I’m very proud to be an American by choice. more »

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