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"I was like half in the U.S. and half in Mexico but I finally made it through..."

I Fear for my Daughter's Life and My Own

Immigration is tough, very tough.

I want them to dream, to know that we can do it too.

To think of the danger it was to leave my country, to come here, is less than to know that my daughter could have died that day.

Here I can make my own life

I told him I was a Christian, that I could not follow him into secret society.

In America, people follow their dreams

Wilmot Collins - Mayor of Helena, Montana

Maybe it's not about what you want to become, it's about where you're needed.

Our three-year-old boy was lost on the other side.

So the man started flogging me. See the scars? All over my body!

I had no rights, no freedom to choose my path.

"Refugees experience all kinds of trauma prior to, during, and after their journeys to safety..."

"Refugees have often known extreme hunger, sleeplessness, frostbite, sunstroke, ... various sicknesses and ailments that have gone untreated during long periods preceding their flight and during the journey itself..."

"Of the 71 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 41 million are displaced within their own countries..."

I pray most of all for my children who are still in Afghanistan and Iran.