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What was going on historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family?

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What was going on historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family?

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There wasn't really any historical event that affected my family when they arrived here in 1991.

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First of all, the process of family petition is complex enough and requires a lot of financial support. So that was a major obstacle. Another one would be the housing. Once you move here, you're starting over back to square one.

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Just like any other immigrant families, my family came to live here to seek a better life and live the American dream. My parents wanted better opportunities, better job, and a better life for all of us. (6)

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After several years, my petition papers were  approved and I walked through the LAX doors with my passport and luggage in hand to finally live with my family. (5)

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While patiently waiting for my family petition papers to finish processing, mom gave birth to my younger siblings - a brother and a sister. Both of them were born in the U.S. making them instantly an American citizen. (4)

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My grandma and my mother's side of the family raised me while my parents called every Sunday through Skype to catch up with their daughter's life somehow. (3)

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From there, my dad petitioned my mom - leaving me back home with my grandmother and aunts, as I was born in the Philippines. (2)

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How & why did your family come to the United States?

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How & why did your family come to the United States?

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My dad was the first one to arrive and live here in the U.S. in our family.  He was petitioned by my grandfather - who also petitioned the rest of my dad's brothers. (1)