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@nickysaysyolo Are you early voting or waiting till #ElectionDay? I wasn’t born in the 🇺🇸 but paid my dues & am a #NaturalizedCitizen & REFUSE to forfeit my power to vote // Voting this year is nothing like the previous years. Past year’s, I was in out in 20mins. #Earlyvoting2020 took me 1.5 hours but it was the large crowd that had me 😮😱 they showed up & showed out. All races, ethnicities - young n old. _______________________ 47 of the 127 women serving in Congress in 2020 are women of color. 22 are Black, 13 Latina, 8 Asian American/Pacific Islander,  2 Native American, 1 Middle Eastern/North African, and 1 multiracial a Black woman, a Latina, an Asian Pacific Islander, and a Caribbean American woman serve as Delegates to the House. Women of color constitute 8.8% of the total 535 members of Congress #VoteForChange #IVoted🇺🇸 👚 @shopblatina #vote2020 #borntoanimmigrant #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #afrocaribbean #Afrolatina https://www.instagram.com/p/CHBy5eeFUI2/?igshid=12qbizp3m2qcw

Are you early voting or waiting till #ElectionDay? I wasn’t born in the 🇺🇸 but paid my dues & am a #NaturalizedCitizen & REFUSE to forfeit my power to vote // Voting this year is nothing like the previous years. Past year’s, I was in out in 20mins. #Earlyvoting2020 took me 1.5 hours but it was the large crowd that had me 😮😱 they showed up & showed out. All races, ethnicities - young n old. _______________________ 47 of the 127 women serving in Congress in 2020 are women of color. 22 are Black, 13 Latina, 8 Asian American/Pacific Islander,  2 Native American, 1 Middle Eastern/North African, and 1 multiracial a Black woman, a Latina, an Asian Pacific Islander, and a Caribbean American woman serve as Delegates to the House. Women of color constitute 8.8% of the total 535 members of Congress #VoteForChange #IVoted🇺🇸 (at Vote or Shut Up.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGqUcT1BOfc/?igshid=vhcgpnh0vmss

Trying to #register newly #naturalizedcitizen ‘s as #voting #democrats for our #democraticparty 🙌🏽.... The faith people have in attaining the American dream is alive and well. #inspirational #2020election (at Los Angeles Convention Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxyNwMLAHoM/?igshid=10jfylybu2xi3

Since yesterday, I am no longer an ALIEN (that’s what #greencard holders are called), but a #naturalizedcitizen. And today, I was finally able to #registertovote. #happydance 🗳 #civicduty #immigrantswegetthejobdone #uscitizenship https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWKZTOl7Aw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=146rktvl7dwr

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My #AmericanStory #ImmigrantStory #AmericanStories Real human stories are longer than 140 characters, In 1986 I was a 13 year old immigrant from #Iran in a land that accepted my mother and I. We escaped war (nightly air raids and missile attacks, food and heating oil shortages, displaced family, stress and so forth) and political persecution. An estimated 500,000 people died in that war (both Iran and Iraq), we were lucky. I arrived in #America with a student visa and later after a lengthy process was granted political asylum, became a permanent resident and eventually a proud #naturalizedcitizen. (The photo of me with the American flag sitting on a dental chair in the clinic circa 1997) I have worked and paid taxes from the moment I arrived, as a pizza-boy at Domino's Pizza, Fries-boy at Burger King, Donations sorter at Goodwill while having the privilege of coaching (and learning from) outstanding young men (whom I call my young brothers) and women (whom I call my sisters) in the game I love to play, Soccer. Many of my "brothers" and their families were at the courthouse when I became a citizen. They were and are my family, my #American family. Money was tight for my mother and I; and without any support from home I had housing and food aid from the government. I had to wash my clothes and wear the same outfit twice, sometimes 3 times a week since we could not afford buying multiple sets of clothing. Someone in high school told me it looks "dirty that you wear the same clothes twice a week." I had to swallow my pride and smile. Not wanting to be dependent on anyone/agency I voluntarily gave up the aid because I believed that there were others that needed it more than me. After all, I was grateful to be alive. Continued in comments.....

Natural Born Citizen Explained!

Natural Born Citizen Explained!