Anna immigrated to the United States from China. She is now 49 years old and has been in the country for approximately 25 years. Here, she talks about the emotional and financial toll that the process of applying for a visa took on her and her family:
Every day that passed by without hearing from the firm, we grew more and more anxious. We were risking everything. My brother had to give to me all of his life savings and borrow money to pay for it. I didn’t have enough money to cover the expenses, but he said he would take care of it. I felt so bad. If things went wrong, my brother’s life would be over. He wasn’t living very well here either, but he did it anyway.”
