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Jasmine Garsd

Migrant mothers arriving in New York find support, hope — and lots of challenges

(Left) Daríana Perdigón, originally from Venezuela, and her newborn Dariangelys and (Right) Magdala Ciceron with her child Amaya, pose for portraits in the maternity care unit at the Roosevelt Hotel. (Lexi Parra for NPR)

When Roukhaya found out that she was pregnant, she was still living in the African nation of Chad.

When she found out it was a girl, that's when she says she knew it was time to leave.

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