Chung says he and his fellow Korean migrs work hard as small businessmen owning groceries, dry cleaners, laundromats, delis, and sushi shops and are frugal so they can send their children to a leading
Chung says he and his fellow Korean émigrés work hard as small businessmen — owning groceries, dry cleaners, laundromats, delis, and sushi shops — and are frugal so they can send their children to a leading university.
Most recently, immigrants from Central and South America, as well as refugees from Iraq and Somalia, have joined the Beaverton community.
Many Beaverton organizations help immigrants.
The Beaverton Resource Center helps all immigrants with health and literacy services. The Somali Family Education Center helps Somalis and other African refugees to get settled. And one Beaverton elementary school even came up with the idea of a “sew in”— parents of students sewing together — to welcome Somali Bantu parents and bridge major cultural differences.
Historically white churches, such as Beaverton First United Methodist Church, offer immigration ministries. And Beaverton churches of all denominations host Korean- or Spanish-language services.
Beaverton’s Mayor Doyle wants refugee and immigrant leaders to participate in the town’s decision-making. He set up a Diversity Task Force whose mission is “to build inclusive and equitable communities in the City of Beaverton.” The task force is working to create a multicultural community center for Beavertonians of all backgrounds.
The resources and warm welcome that Beaverton gives immigrants are reciprocated in the affection that many express for their new home.
Kaltun Caynan, 40, a Somali woman who came to Beaverton in 2001 fleeing civil war, is an outreach coordinator for the Somali Family Education Center. “I like it so much,” she said, cheerfully. “Nobody discriminate[s against] me, everybody smiling at me.”
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欢迎来到波特兰市郊的比弗顿!这里有着俄勒冈州增长最快的移民群体。人口87000的比弗顿，一度是个农业区，如今成为俄勒冈第六大城市——而且移民比例高于俄勒冈州最大城市波特兰。
比弗顿最为人知的是，它是耐克运动鞋公司全球总部所在地。过去40年来这里发生了巨大变化。据英语作第二语言项目主管罗未未说，比弗顿在十九世纪的定居者是北欧移民，现在公立学校学生中讲从阿尔巴尼亚语到乌尔都语的80种语言，大约30%的学生会使用英语以外的一种语言。
比弗顿在1960年代迎来第一波新居民潮，先是韩国人和提加洛人(原籍墨西哥的德克萨斯人)——后者是第一批拉美裔永久居民。1960年，比弗顿的拉美裔和亚裔人口不到0.3%。到2000年，比弗顿的亚裔和拉美裔人口比例超过波特兰都市区。今天，亚裔占比弗顿人口的10%，拉美裔占11%。
市长丹尼·道尔说，在比弗顿的许多人看来，迅速重塑比弗顿的移民让生活变得丰富。他说：“这里的市民，特别艺术和文化圈人士，认为此地拥有种种不同的可能性，实在非常美妙。”
现年50岁的格洛丽亚·巴尔加斯是萨尔瓦多移民，在比弗顿市区拥有一家生意红火的小餐馆——格洛丽亚秘密餐馆。她说：“我爱比弗顿。我感到我属于这里。”1973年，在她十来岁时，母亲把她带到洛杉矶，她在1979年搬到比弗顿。1999年，她在比弗顿农贸市场拿到一个令人垂涎的摊位。现在除了打理餐。以外，她在那里有一个最受欢迎的小摊，每个星期六卖出多达200份萨尔瓦多玉米粉蒸肉——用香蕉叶而不是玉米皮包装。她说：“他们一旦买过我的食品，总会再回头。”
28岁的泰基·苏雷曼在黎巴嫩出生长大，近期迁到比弗顿，开始为来自许多国家的移民服务。他说：“这里的气氛很轻松。”苏雷曼有一半中东血统，一半非洲血统。他说，比弗顿的多元化对他特别有吸引力。他在道尔市长设立由市府赞助的多元特别工作组供职。
原籍孟加拉的穆罕默德·哈克，感觉比弗顿很欢迎外来者。他自豪地说，他的女儿甚至当选为所就读高中的返校节皇后。
哈克和一批南亚人则改变了比弗顿北边的贝瑟尼社区的面貌。这个区住着很多来自印度古吉拉特邦的移民，比弗顿第一波南亚移民主要来自那里。
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