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Main Street in Noel, Missouri, on Sept. 23, 2023. (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent)

Refugees came to Noel for opportunity. Tyson’s plant closure leaves their futures uncertain

BY: - October 30, 2023

NOEL, Mo. — On a Sunday afternoon in rural southwest Missouri, dozens of friends and family gather at a modest one-story home to sing and celebrate in the language of their homeland, more than 8,000 miles away. Some arrive from church, crowding into a living room to celebrate two brothers — one turning 7 and […]