TORN APART: Angie and Peter Kim
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Channel: Human Rights Watch · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
TORN APART: Families and US Immigration Reform Angie and Peter Kim came to the United States from South Korea with their parents when they were 9 and 7 years old respectively. According to them, their grandmother, a US citizen, had petitioned for their family, they said, but after years of waiting due to a backlog of visas, she died just before they could complete the process. When their father became a permanent resident through marriage to a US citizen, he and Peter became permanent residents. Peter is now a US citizen, but Angie was over 21 years old at the time and could not gain legal status. Without congressional action on immigration, she may never become a US citizen like her brother. Angie knows that in some ways she is lucky. "I'm able to sit next to my brother right now but I know...children, or parents who are literally separated from each other." http://features.hrw.org/features/Torn_Apart_US_immigration_reform_2014/index.php
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