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We were not treated as refugees - we came as immigrants. |
Wangyal Ritzekura |
Tibetan |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Immigration Policy, New Immigrant Experiences, Work |
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There were other minorities present - it didn't feel like you were the only outsider. |
Tenzin Khando |
Tibetan |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences, Youth Experiences |
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Living with sponsors: We wanted to stand on our own feet. |
Wangyal Ritzekura |
Tibetan |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Community, New Immigrant Experiences, Ties to Homeland, Travel to U.S. |
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Finding work and loneliness in a new country. |
Yangchen Dolkar |
Tibetan |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences, Religion, Ties to Homeland, Work |
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We got on a bus, and had no idea where we were going. |
Bo Thao |
Hmong |
New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
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There was loneliness in us because all our friends and relatives were not here with us. |
Kim Yang |
Hmong |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Family, Language, New Immigrant Experiences, Ties to Homeland |
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You don't understand the word 'eat' - you just say 'no'. |
Cher Vang |
Hmong |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences, Youth Experiences |
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The first time that I had to take bus, I didn’t know what to do. |
Hared Mah |
Somali |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences |
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You are like a little kid that cannot even speak. |
Hared Mah |
Somali |
Becoming Americans, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences, Problems in America |
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Everything I have to do on my own. |
Maryan Del |
Somali |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Family, New Immigrant Experiences, Ties to Homeland |
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Can you imagine just sitting there without knowing what they are talking about? |
Maryan Del |
Somali |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences |
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We are expected to just leave, to start living. |
Mohamed Jama |
Somali |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Community, New Immigrant Experiences |
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The job is so hard for me to do it, because I'm new in this country. |
Chamreun Tan |
Khmer |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Cultural Centers, New Immigrant Experiences, Work |
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I don't use the word 'meeting'. |
Henry Nelson |
Khmer |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Cultural Centers, New Immigrant Experiences |
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My first teacher in Minnesota tried to encourage me to speak to anybody on the street. |
Thaly Chhour |
Khmer |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences |
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We came in January to Minnesota, which was quite a shock in itself. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Food, Language, New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S. |
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We had never used silverware in our lives. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Food, New Immigrant Experiences |
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It was different, very different, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
Prasanna Mishra |
Asian Indian |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences |
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I didn’t know what a library was. |
Nayana Ramakrishnan |
Asian Indian |
Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences, Problems in America |
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I went to the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. |
Belen Andrada |
Filipino |
Education, New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
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The new normal was cold and quiet. |
Maryam Beltran Shapland |
Filipino |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, New Immigrant Experiences |
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It was a very hard year. |
Maryam Beltran Shapland |
Filipino |
Becoming Americans, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences, Youth Experiences, Problems in America |
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To go to the hospital we had to be really, really sick. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Economics, New Immigrant Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
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My parents hired a truck driver to bring us up. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
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It was the coldest day of my life. |
Susana de León |
Latino |
Culture Clash, New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
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My English was absolutely zero. |
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin |
Latino |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences |
