Thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have entered the U.S. in recent years, fleeing political and economic crises. Many have settled in and around the city of Houston, Texas, which is already home to a large Venezuelan-American community. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano met some of the new arrivals to learn what they went through to get here and the legal challenges they face.
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