The mood at a town council meeting in rural Washington, Ind., (population: 12,171) was getting tense. In recent years, immigrants from Latin America and Haiti had been moving there in large numbers. They now comprised over 33 percent of the population. Inclusion was an issue. “We need more resources to settle these folks,” said a native Hoosier. “There’s so much paperwork and no one to help us with it,” said a representative for the new arrivals to vigorous approval from people gathered there. “How do we get our kids into the schools?” asked another new arrival. Outsiders imagine rural town meetings as home to racist rants and backwards thinking. Yet this town meeting underscores
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