NPR American Chronicles: The New Americans
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1681681366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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After visiting her parents in jail, she was faced with the decision to return to Colombia with them or continue her education in the US as she fought to reunite her family. But California laws at the time prevented noncitizens from becoming lawyers, and Chang's bid to join the bar was denied. One hundred and twenty-five years later, the Supreme Court in California corrects this injustice, for the record. NPR explores the most recent generation of Americans, whose members include immigrants, children of immigrants, and individuals with vastly different cultural backgrounds. Once fearful of border patrols, poverty, and homelessness, his life is finally moving out of the shadows.. But Nigeria-born Tunde Wey stumbled into a different version of the American dream. Most aspiring chefs long for the white hat, the gleaming kitchen, the fancy menu. Featuring stories of struggle, survival and achievement that reveal what it means to be an American. High school student Junior Adriano is one of many immigrants applying for legal status under DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (one of President Obama's executive actions on immigration). Those deeply controversial acts have changed many lives, including Junior's. He wanted to see the country and share the food of his West African childhood with friends and strangers along the way. Hong Yen Chang was sent to US from China in 1872 to be groomed as a diplom