My Family’s Long History of Failed American Immigration

Not much has changed in 100 years

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When I first met my immigrant husband, he casually asked me if I was planning to move to the US to pursue postgraduate studies. I looked at him like he had a third eye. America wasn’t on my radar. I had everything I ever needed or wanted in Canada. And America had a bad reputation in my family.