How is Hà’s family’s experience most like the experience of other families coming to the United States today?


Families like Hà’s are given few opportunities to work and to succeed because people do not realize how difficult their lives have been.

Like other families from abroad, they feel a sense of relief and safety from the moment they arrive and settle into their new communities.

Families like Hà’s are made to feel like they do not belong because people have trouble accepting others who are different.

Like other families from abroad, they are not willing to give up their culture and traditions and reject the beliefs and practices of their new communities.