In 1991, the summer I turned 16, my family and I came to the United States seeking political asylum from the Soviet Union. We had about $600 among the five of us. Less than a month later, as we began to settle in Chicago, the USSR disintegrated and we found ourselves holding passports from a country that no longer existed.
That gives me a special reason to join other Americans in celebrating Citizenship Day on September 17. It marks the date in 1787 that the Founding Fathers signed the U.S. Constitution, but for me it is also a moment to remember my own path to U.S. citizenship and what being an American means, especially to the more than 750,000 people expected to become citizens this year. Read more: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-09-15/on-us-citizenship-day-paypal-co-founder-recalls-his-immigrant-experience
Contact Darren Heyman, Las Vegas Immigration Attorney, for more information.
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