And so many people around the world love America for the values that it represents. Not that we come in thinking it's a perfect country, but that the proposition of actually making it … It took me 17 years...to finally become a US citizen. … along the way, where I almost lost my green card status because my daughter was born so early outside of the United States, and I couldn't leave her bedside. (52:17–52:35)
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Asserts that it took 17 years for Pramila Jayapal to become a U.S. citizen.
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