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Joel Rose

Immigrants are coming to North Dakota for jobs. Not everyone is glad to see them

Roman (left) is a Ukrainian refugee who works at ComDel Innovation in Wahpeton, N.D. CEO Jim Albrecht (right) says the company has been working with a program called Uniting For Ukraine that provides a legal pathway for Ukrainians to come to the U.S. and work for up to two years. (Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR)

WAHPETON, N.D. — The newest residents of this small city on the Great Plains have come a long way to get here.

"Beautiful country, beautiful people," Roman says in halting English. He doesn't want to use his last name, because some of his family are still in Nikopol, Ukraine, just a few miles from Russian-occupied territory, and he fears he might endanger them.

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