A New Jersey town, a Brazilian deluge, diverging hopes

“They’re immigrants from Brazil. And over the last five years, as many as 5,000 of them have flooded in and around Riverside’s 1.5 square miles, catching off guard the town and its 8,000 souls.

Most of the newcomers are young men and have come here illegally to take jobs as carpenters. Many of the pioneers came on tourist visas and stayed. The most recent arrivals snuck across the Mexican border.”

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