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Haiti's World Cup return lifts community in New York (opens in new tab)

In the city's Little Haiti neighborhood, the blue and orange of the Knicks basketball team -- NBA champions since Saturday -- still dominate storefronts. But locals say that will soon shift to Haiti's blue and red. "Now the Knicks stuff is over, you'll definitely see all the Haitian colors," said Vladimir Calixte, a 42-year-old actor, who wore a Haiti flag around his neck. It will be a welcome respite for a community that feels targeted by the Trump administration's hardline mass deportation ...

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