Carolina immigrated from Romania and has resided in the United States for over 13 years now. When questioned about the reasons for why she and her husband came to the United States, she responded:
Yeah, [my husband] won a lottery and he wants to see how it is in this country, because in the other part of olden Europe, America is considered like a land of wealth [draws out word]. The wishes you put in your mind, you know, it’s a wonderland. They call America a wonderland. […] Yeah, and they want to see if real life is like movies, like we saw on TV.”
