A well-meaning program has had unintended consequences.
Author: Etehad, Melissa
Melissa Etehad reports for The Ink from Flushing, Queens. She recently graduated from the University of California, San Diego where she studied international affairs and religion. Melissa's involvement as a human rights advocate and community organizer at UCSD spurred her interest in journalism. After graduating, she began working at Al Jazeera English. As an Iranian-American, Melissa plans to work as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East one day.
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