02-07-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
The Immigrants Who Wait Their Turn
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.