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Immigration in America: The Vietnamese

The Vietnamese-American community is finding that a first wave of post-war immigrants seemed better equipped than later arrivals to realize their dreams in the United States. NPR's immigration series is based on results of a survey by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

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Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.