All the stuff going on recently has helped me begin to understand all the people who emigrated to the U.S. throughout the decades just for the promise of a better life. From time to time I think about what doing that actually entailed. It basically meant leaving everything and everyone you ever knew behind. If you were successful you could help bring your family over later.

I try to imagine myself doing that, and I am honestly not sure I would have the courage to do that.