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On top of riots and a bitter divide between police and the black community, the US is also home to the world's biggest COVID-19 caseload, and an unemployment rate of about 15 percent. On any objective measure, now's not a good time to arrive there to start a new life. But for a handful of refugees who were held on Manus Island or Nauru, it's where they have ended up. Today on The Signal, we bring you the story of one of them, a man we’re calling Mehdi. We hear his story in his own words: his journey from Iran, the seven years he spent on Manus Island, his arrival in the US, and his on-going battle after contracting the novel coronavirus while working at a Walmart. Featured: 'Mehdi', Refugee Ben Winsor, Co-founder, Ads-Up USA