New U.S. citizens were from countries like Jamaica, Ecuador, Senegal, Canada, India and Germany.

Starting From the Very Beginning in America

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 12, 2017

After moving to Virginia with an MBA earned in India, Deepak Singh, a writer, radio producer, frequent contributor to PRI’s The World and the author of How May I Help You?: An Immigrant's Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage (University of California Press, 2017), found only minimum wage work. He shares his story and that of his colleagues in his book.

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