Ibraham took a second step. He’d always wanted to be a citizen of the United States, but in recent weeks, he had begun to wonder if the nation wanted him. As an American citizen, I will try to do good for the United States and work for unity,” he said. His parents and his three brothers were the first to come to the United States. They had been awaiting their chance to leave — eventually relocating to Nairobi to live and wait for notification that they’d been accepted to the United States as refugees.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2017 11:31 UTC