The Immigrants Who Wait Their Turn

Wall Street Journal

a day ago

Something is missing from the national conversation about immigration—the story of those who came here the long way, through the front door, forms in hand, hope in heart.
I am one of those people. My parents, born in India, brought me to America from France when I was 4. What followed were years of patient waiting and the quiet accumulation of documents to prove our worthiness to belong.