The American Dream is more disputed than it should be.
Originating as a way to motivate and encourage colonists’ conquering of the continent, it soon morphed into a magnet attracting ambitious outsiders from all over the world.
Whether they crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific to get here, these immigrants’ focus on the promise of a better life pushed them through any obstacles they faced along the way.
In this era of proposed travel bans and tighter immigration laws, American-fueled aspirations have come under fire from both sides of the aisle.
In the ongoing debate of how to best protect the ideals on which this country was built, then, many of the individual stories end up lost among a sea of political buzzwords and partisan persuasions.