Dar and Lucy Nasseri's Interview

Lucy is an immigrant from France. Dar was already a U.S citizen and they married. They lived in France for 5 years before moving to the United States with their son Arya. Their answers to the interview question are posted below. The personal insight is very eye-opening to the class-based immigration system in the United States.



How much money did it cost for you to immigrate to the United States?
• It cost us years of our life having to reconstruct from the ground up. Monetary wise-three one-way tickets and living expenses. But, nothing too extreme.

Did your job title have an effect on your ability to immigrate to the United States? 
• No

If you were in a lower socioeconomic class, do you think you would have been able to immigrate to the United States?
•No

Do you believe the United States immigration system is class-based?
•Yes. To add, there are now more resources to properly raise a child in the new system that teaches parents how to integrate their child in the system like a family who has been in the area for many generations.

Have you experienced financial problems that were caused by immigrating to the United States?
•Yes, in 2008. During the recession. It destroyed many self-employed citizens.

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