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Community members gather for an annual Haitian Flag Day celebration in May 2019. Credit: TAPinto Union

UNION, NEW JERSEY — James Louis has called New Jersey home ever since immigrating from Haiti in 1993, at the age of 17. After a stint in Long Branch, New Jersey, he moved north to Irvington with his wife when he began working as an engineer with the United States Army. 

In 2006, when the couple started having children, they bought a home in neighboring Union. 

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Sam is a reporter for The Haitian Times and a 2020 Report for America corps member. He has covered Haiti and its diaspora since 2018. His work has also appeared in USA Today, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Haiti Liberte. Sam can be reached at sam@haitiantimes.com or on Twitter @sambojarski.