The towns adjacent to Gary IN have large Mexican-American communities, Buffalo has an Iraqi & central African community, Utica a Bosnian, Columbus has Ethiopians, Detroit middle eastern, & so on & so on

The idea that only coastal cities are welcoming of immigrants is simplified

Rust belt Yemeni Americans

The tweet was from an Ivy league Prof (who I cut the identity of so people won't gang up on them), and like. Wow.

And as an aside, the place I go in any town if I want to meet/interview newer immigrants/refugees is the Walmart.

Another place an Ivy League Profs might not bother to go to, but would probably have some opinions on