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This report was prepared in collaboration with ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. T. Christian Miller, a senior reporter at ProPublica, conducted interviews and research in Jordan and in Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Reach him at t.christian.miller@propublica.org. Times special correspondent Ranya Kadri and freelance journalist Pratap Chatterjee contributed to this article. Kadri reported from Jordan, Chatterjee from Afghanistan.
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