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Excessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities

Written by Madhuri Sharma, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee

Nashville is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities and increasingly a destination for immigrants.Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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