Abdul Samad, 30, just passed his citizenship exam and will be sworn in as a citizen of the United States of America sometime in the next few months. Eager to get out of the house and get a job, he started working at the Café Rio Mexican Grill the day after he got his green card. Currently, Samad works as a caregiver for the disabled.
August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019 9:14 a.m.
'In America, I can be who I am'
As a boy growing up in the small United Arab Emirates town of Ghayathi, Abdul Samad often dreamed of exploring faraway places where he could live more freely and experience new horizons a world away from the hot desert climate he called home.