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A Green Card to America does not guarantee greener pastures

Musa recently applied for the Green Card Lottery and was ecstatic to find he was one of the lucky few to gain a ticket to “the land of opportunity”, America. He immediately resigned from his job and gathered his family for the grand move to the US.

However, five months after moving to America, he and his family were back in Kenya frustrated and depressed with the American experience. One may wonder how the American dream could become such a nightmare to drive Musa and his family back to the motherland.

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