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Atlanta, a City of Immigrants Immigration is changing the cultural and economic landscape of Atlanta. But the new arrivals face myriad challenges — from finding a job, to learning English, and understanding a new culture. For insight, Farai Chideya talks with three local taxi drivers.

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Atlanta, a City of Immigrants

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Immigration is changing the cultural and economic landscape of Atlanta.

But the new arrivals face myriad challenges — from finding a job, to learning English, and understanding a new culture.

For insight, Farai Chideya talks with three local taxi drivers: Nigerian-American Gbenga Babjide; Haitian-American Max LaGuerre; and Eritrean-American Dawit Haile.