Almir Olimpio Alves, a 43-year-old man, was in Binghamton, New York, trying to make an already accomplished life feel a little more at home. A mathematics professor from Brazil and a visiting scholar connected to Binghamton University, he had come to the American Civic Association—an immigrant and refugee support center on Front Street—for something ordinary and hopeful: English instruction, the kind meant to make daily conversations easier and a new place less distant.
On the mornin
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