Others just wanted to tell him how coming to the United States gave them hope. “The thing about our immigrant and refugee students is that they have this innate hopefulness,” Manning told The Washington Post. “They have gone through very, very difficult experiences, but they see coming to the United States as an opportunity. She took an internship helping her aunt teach a summer theater camp, leading debate and speech classes for high school students. There was Safa from Sudan, who came to the United States at age 15 with a fourth-grade education.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2018 10:15 UTC