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The Day I Got My Green Card

Posted July 5th, 2016 at 12:17 pm (UTC-4)
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I thought of the other places I had known, places I belonged to: Pakistan, where my father’s assassin was celebrated; India, which was busy demanding pledges of loyalty from university students. I thought of my cold, loveless relationship with Britain. Then I thought of America, and a wave of optimism came over me.