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Central Ohio’s Somali immigrants build their American futures
By Mark Ferenchik
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday August 21, 2011
Ismahan Isse took a job in May as a security guard at the Columbus Convention Center, but she dreams of becoming a Columbus police officer. Isse was offered another law-enforcement job last year — by the FBI. An agent approached her after they both attended an anti-terrorism conference on the city’s Northeast Side, she said. The agent told her he was impressed with her command of English and wanted to know if she was interested in becoming an FBI interpreter.
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