I am going to tell you guys the process of how I became an refugee admitted to the United States of American and how long it actually is.
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Arnessa (@Rrrrnessa) November 18, 2015
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I am going to tell you guys the process of how I became an refugee admitted to the United States of American and how long it actually is.
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Arnessa (@Rrrrnessa) November 18, 2015
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President Obama meets a 16-year-old refugee girl from Myanmar who was subjected to human trafficking and will now be moving to the United States, following a tour of the Dignity for Children Foundation in Kuala Lumpur.
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This young lady here is 16 years old, fled Myanmar on her own when she was eight, and was subject to human trafficking until the United Nations was able to help her resettle. She’s now 16, and intends to be an advocate on behalf of fellow refugees in the future after she gets an education in the United States.
This is who we want to help. This is the face of people all around the world who still look to the United States as a beacon of hope. When we talk about American leadership, American leadership is us caring about people who have been forgotten, or who have been discriminated against, or who have been tortured, or who have been subject to unspeakable violence, or have been separated from families at very young ages. That’s American leadership. That’s when we’re the shining light on the hill. Not when we respond on the basis of fear.
Full remarks here
* The White House declined to name the girl out of concern for the safety of her parents still in Myanmar.
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President Obama talks with refugee children at the Dignity for Children Foundation in Malaysia (Photo by Pete Souza)
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