Photos 4 November 2016

In Aleppo, Syria, his Kurdish family fled civil war. In Turkey, he failed to find a niche in an economy overrun with refugees. But seven months after Brimo, his wife and four of his children landed in Arizona, he has two Kia vans, a job as an electrician and a financial foothold.

Story here by Michelle Jamrisko/Bloomberg

Photographs by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Samer, left, Omar, and Ibrahim put on their shoes outside of their home in Phoenix, Arizona, on Oct. 18, 2016. In an election year that has made refugees symbols of fear and foreign danger, they mitigate the effects of a graying U.S. population and a still-recovering housing sector by filling in the holes of skilled labor and buying homes.
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Omar, left, greets a neighbor outside of his home in Phoenix, on Oct. 18, 2016.
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Souzan Brimo helps her mother Fatima Mohamad, left, prepare dinner at home in Phoenix, on Oct. 18, 2016.
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Food sits on the table at the Brimo family home in Phoenix.
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The Brimo family sits down to eat dinner at home in Phoenix.
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Souzan Brimo stands for a photograph with her drawing at home.
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Maher works on his homework at home. Asked for their favorite part about the first six months in the U.S., the children each answer “school.” They revel in the library, where they pick out CDs and books to immerse themselves in English.
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Souzan helps her brother Ibrahim with his homework.
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Maher, from left, Ibrahim, Samer, and Souzan do their homework.
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The Brimo family at a park in Phoenix. The family embarked on a year-and-a-half-long mission to secure refugee status, which included interviews with U.S. government officials to detail relationships, educational background and Brimo's mandatory military service.
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