Irina immigrated to America from Russia. She is now 39 years old and has been in America for 21 years. Irena talks about her desire to become a U.S. citizen:
I knew I wanted to be a citizen. This is why I came here. I wanted to live the American lifestyle in the amazing country and that meant becoming a citizen. I never even thought about not becoming a citizen. When we left Russia, we had to give up our Russian citizenship; we were forced to. We had no citizenship we did not belong anywhere, until we came to America.”
