Tawfik Assali (center) of Allentown, Pa., embraces his sister, Sarah Assali, upon her and other family members' arrival from Syria at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Monday. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
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Kress checks the pigs for signs of weakness or respiratory distress. "[We] try to make eye contact with every animal, every day," he says. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
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