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Haitians, despite obstacles, plant city roots

"I think, 'What about if I had had them in my country?'" she says.

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Two years ago, Randolph became an American citizen.

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"I had two kids here," she said, also citing travel security and ease in getting loans as major reasons for citizenship.

Now, these two children are what Randolph puts her hope in.

"I used to dream about getting my Ph.D.," says Randolph, whose work toward her GED was interrupted when she lost her house in February.

"Now I want to see my goal accomplished through [my children]," she says. "After that, I don't mind if I die."

Vladimir is a senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, and is involved in both an internship in the hotel industry and an educational program called Upward Bound.

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