Six years old. Tell me what you remember about that transition. I know you were young, but how it's also shaped the way you look at the United States. My father came and got me when I was six. Of course, he came to America with only the $1.75. I like to say seven quarters, to restart his life. And he could have gone to England because it was easier, but he thought, no, America, America will give him that second chance. (01:12–01:19)
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Asserts that Winsome Earle-Sears' father immigrated to America with only $1.75.
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