Ethnic business advocate: Trump's immigration policies threaten Washington's economic vitality
Taylor Hoang came to the U.S. as a refugee when she was a child.
She was born in Vietnam shortly after the war. Her father, a south Vietnamese soldier, was taken to the U.S. when the Army withdrew from the country. He decided he didn’t want Hoang and her mother to come with him, so Hoang’s grandmother destroyed their visas.
Hoang’s mother, who worked in communist work camps, walked and hitch-hiked to the U.S. consulate. When she finally arrived, the American official asked why – if her husband wasn’t waiting – did she still want to go to the U.S.
“She said she wanted her daughter to have a future,” said Hoang, who's now a Seattle business owner and executive director of the Ethnic Business Coalition. “If we hadn’t been allowed this opportunity by that American officer, we wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have the future I have today.”
People across the world seeking refuge in the U.S. may not get the same opportunity under the new administration.
U.S. immigration policy changes began to form Wednesday when President Donald Trump signed an executive order to start construction of a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico and defund "sanctuary cities" like Seattle that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials.
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