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Her name is Sunayana Dumala.
In February 2017 her husband Srinivas was shot dead at a bar in Kansas. A man who thought he looked like a terrorist.
She was planning her first child with him when he died.
When he died her visa died with her. Her status in America was tied to his H1B. She faced deportation.
She posted one question online from India.
Do we belong here.
Then she made a decision that surprised everyone.
She went back to America to fulfil his dream.
A congressman intervened to let her stay. She fought for her own visa for 10 months. She went to Congress and testified about broken immigration laws.
She was invited to Trump’s State of the Union as a guest of a Republican senator.
She founded a nonprofit called Forever Welcome for immigrant rights.
She is now on the path to US citizenship.
In court she read her statement to the man who killed Srinivas.
Srinu and I came to America full of dreams. Now my American Dream is broken. Not every brown skinned person is suspicious or evil. But kind, smart and contributing to America.
She is still in Kansas. In the city they built together.
The ground beneath her feet was taken away. She built new ground.
Her name is Sunayana Dumala. India should know it.
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