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Zafer's Story
- Zafer, a Syrian refugee in New Haven, was fired from his butcher shop job after being three hours late due to a tropical storm.
- His resettlement agency refused to help him get welfare, believing it would send the wrong message to other refugees.
American Welfare System
- Heba Gowayed argues that American welfare policies are structured around the idea that low-income people need to be incentivized to work.
- She points out that these policies lack safety nets and hinder upward mobility, impacting refugees like Zafer.
Refuge Book
- Heba Gowayed's book, Refuge, examines how racial politics in the US, Canada, and Germany shape refugee resettlement and social safety nets.
- She argues that these factors influence how refugees experience race in their new homes.