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Cambodian Immigrants Earn Meager Living Growing Water Spinach

Rosharon, Texas - Cambodian immigrant Patty Ly, 50, grows water spinach in her south Texas greenhouse. She is part of a community of Cambodian refugees who settled in south Texas in the early 1980s after fleeing the Khmer Rouge. The community is struggling after Hurricane Harvey flooded their community, damaging or destroying many homes.

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Image Description:	Rosharon, Texas - Cambodian immigrant Patty Ly, 50, grows water spinach in her south Texas greenhouse. She is part of a community of Cambodian refugees who settled in south Texas in the early 1980s after fleeing the Khmer Rouge. The community is struggling after Hurricane Harvey flooded their community, damaging or destroying many homes.
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