Amid the present heightened political polarization, erosion of trust in federal as well as state institutions, information chaos, cultural contempt, loss of shared national identity, and moral struggles between hatred and compassion, I would like to share my opinion about America that I love with my heart as well as my mind.

I became an American by choice, not by accident. I studied for it. I waited for it. I raised my hand and promised loyalty with full understanding of what that vow meant. I was not born in this country. I asked to join it. And I love America above all. Not the perfect America. I love the complex, the complicated, and the "work still in progress" America. The America that permits a stranger to come with a foreign mother tongue and a unique foreign culture who will call America his and his family's home. I love America because it trusted me before it knew me. Because it allowed me to be reborn as a person in freedom and the sanctity of individualism. For these reasons, America is a promise that I will always defend.

The real America is not concealed. It is being seen. And what is obvious in America is that working on a real job guarantees financial stability. Where healthcare is........

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