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Stephen Starr in Charleroi, Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania town is thriving with Haitian immigrants – and is the latest target of Republican hate

Sunset view of a valley, river town.
More than 60% of voters in Charleroi’s Washington county backed Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

There is one thing about her community that makes Kristin Hopkins-Calcek prouder than anything: her city is now one of the few boroughs in Pennsylvania with a growing population.

“We haven’t invested in our borough for a long time,” says the Charleroi council president, “and now we are finally able to do that – it’s because we have a need to.”

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