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        January 13, 2015 -
        
  
        Last week, Durham, North Carolina became the latest Southern community to roll out the welcome mat for unaccompanied immigrant children. While some Southern cities have met the children with anti-immigrant sentiment, here are seven Southern communities that opened their arms instead. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        December 8, 2014 -
        
  
        As the national debate over immigration rages on, some Southern mayors are taking steps to carry out the President's executive order protecting millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation -- even while most Southern states are suing to block the policy. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        August 22, 2014 -
        
  
        While anti-immigrant sentiment has flared up in the South in response to the flood of Central American children seeking refuge in the United States, some Southern leaders have set a different tone by welcoming children from the border to their communities. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        August 1, 1998 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 26 No. 2/3, "The Globalization Game." Find more from that issue here. 
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        October 1, 1996 -
        
  
        Teenagers in Atlanta speak for themselves on their own television program.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        October 1, 1994 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 22 No. 3, "Beyond Black and White." Find more from that issue here. 
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        October 2, 1992 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 20 No. 3, "No Place Like Home." Find more from that issue here.