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I ask you to please continue to fight tyranny and injustice by keeping the conversation going. Turning our backs on immigrant and refugee populations would mean we are no longer willing to nurture others like myself who have a chance to grow and contribute to what makes America already so great.
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I grew up here wishing that just for one holiday in my life I could have family around and feel the love that everyone else seemingly felt. Through the years so many of my family members passed away (both grandmothers, uncles, aunts, cousins), and I never got to see them again. This is because my immigrant story is tied to so much loss and despair….pain and anguish that has yet to heal 30 years later. My experiences as an immigrant child growing up in the US helped me gain an appreciation for the gift of life. I was about 3-years-old when the Iran-Iraq war started. I was born in Iran, and at the age of 10, my family and I absconded from the multi-systemic injustices and immigrated to the US in hopes of extended opportunities and freedom. I thank American for the opportunities that it has given me and will be forever grateful. I grew up to be a police officer, wanting to be able to prevent crimes in my city, New York, like to what happened to my father. My siblings and I went to school and had good grades, my mother working as a waitress, yet again. After we moved in, there was no more room, so I guess we were lucky. We no longer wanted to live in such a dangerous place, so when we moved to America, we found out we had taken up all of the small apartment complex. We were missed and there was no one else to care after the ranch since my father died, so they closed it down, but it was necessary. We moved the following week, wanting to leave Guadalajara and the crime of the small town. It was a tragic day and my mother, devastated from the loss, wanted to move to America, speaking of being safer there and how America could help us all. One day, I was at home when I found out my father had been killed. I had to set an example for the younger ones and had to take care of them from the dangers of the world. I was the oldest of all my siblings and therefore, the leader. My father worked as a ranchero and my mother used to waitress at a local pub and restaurant. My mother, father, siblings, and I had been living in a poor part of town in Guadalajara, Mexico. living here is not easy because we need learn a new language, new culture and meet new people.
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I arrived in Myrtle Beach 8 months ago, I am here with my whole family (my mother, my stepfather and my little sister), we are here in looking for better opportunities. I’m from Colombia, My name is Nicoll and I am 15 years old. Fight for the purpose that one brings after leaving our country. My story is a bit sad because to get to this country I went through many things that I never thought would happen but thank God now I am here in the United States for a better future because it was worth spending a few days of darkness, but also, not everything It is easy to be in this country, you have to earn a living, it does not matter that one is an immigrant, we are all worth the same, no matter what country we are in. The first day I arrived in the USA I loved it because it is something that is new and you can have a better future. The day we came to the USA we came on Novemthat day we came to USA because we wanted something new and a new life, 5 years ago that we are already in the United States and it has been one of the best moments that we have. One of the worst things about living in another country is missing family and friends. Living in another country has many advantages, like getting to know a new country and new people, getting in contact with other languages, learning more about other cultures and also the safety here is much better. It took us a while to adapt because it’s all different from food, school, culture and celebrations. We came to look for a better place to live. Thankfully I had the opportunity to know Mexico because I was living there and now I returned to the United States because I wanted to know about the country where I was born and continue with my school to be a Interior Designer. I was born in United States because my parents decided to immigrate to the United States because they wanted a better economy. If you need legal advice on immigration law, please contact an attorney. The challenges we face today are not new. Yet their assimilation has seldom been smooth. Since its inception, this nation has been continually infused with the energy of newcomers. Statistics do not tell the story of immigration.