Gas Station: Pyeongchang Olympics and First-Generation Immigrants

gas station: Her parents were here, according to Toronto Star. Her father Jong Jim Kim, who came to America and worked at a gas station, pointed at himself and said, American dream! She made people's hearts sing. She is 17, Korean-American, the child of first-generation immigrants, tweeting between her fearless, soaring, never-satisfied halfpipe runs at greatness at the Pyeongchang Olympics. And in a spare moment I was reading about Syed A. Jamal, a 55-year-old Bangladesh-born chemistry professor in Lawrence, Kan., who arrived in America legally 30 years ago, overstayed his visa but built a life. Then they warned his crying wife and children, ages 7 to 14, that they could be arrested if they tried to hug him goodbye, and drove off with him. This section stood out Immigration agents handcuffed a beloved chemistry professor as he was leaving his home to drive his daughter to school. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.