Nashville sets the U.S. bar for welcoming immigrants

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The small family-operated store and adjacent restaurant literally give a flavour of the vibrant immigrant community that is thriving in Nashville - yes, Nashville, that one-time bastion of the South that made a crucial decision six years ago to open itself, literally, to new tongues.

Nashville is where President Barack Obama flew in December, shortly after announcing his executive action on immigration reform, to hold up Nashville as a beacon of how immigrants can benefit a city.

Nashville brands itself as one of America's most welcoming cities, but had residents made a different choice during a referendum in 2009, it could have been known as something else.


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