“Yeah. They requested me concerning the household, whether or not I used to be a member of any political get together, that sort of factor. They made you fill out some form of assertion. I can’t bear in mind what. The contents — I don’t know. I actually don’t care. And on the time, I didn’t care. I simply needed to get in. It didn’t appear to matter. I simply signed my identify, went on to the subsequent factor, attempting to impress individuals, attempting to make the whole lot go proper. I needed to get it over with. Get the hell out of there.” “At the moment, the legislation mentioned that to ensure that — to carry over your loved ones, the daddy needed to turn out to be a citizen. And so he remained right here about six years until he grew to become a citizen, after which he introduced the remainder of the household over.” “It’s important to bear in mind, I got here to a rustic whose language I didn’t perceive. Although they did, if I recall, that they had some individuals who have been interpreters. I used to be younger, and I used to be apprehensive. And if anyone requested me to stand up, and transfer, and are available over someplace, I adopted the directions as greatest as I may. And that was filed in.” “I do recall consuming one meal whereas I used to be there. I don’t know what the hell I ate, however I used to be dashing. All people was in a line. It was like an meeting line attempting to eat. I simply needed to eat. You may think about what it was like. However then once more, I assume you couldn’t.” “Most individuals did need to endure a radical examination that — they needed to undress for this. I do recall that somebody checked out my eyes and into my ears, and requested me to open my mouth, and regarded to see if I had any form of an an infection.” “They separated me and my sister from the remainder of my household as a result of we had lice over us. And the ship wasn’t very clear. And I used to be simply frightened out of my wits.” “I don’t suppose there was very a lot laughing. I feel that individuals have been pleased, those that got here to satisfy kin and mates. They have been pleased that that they had made it. I feel it was a form of a somber temper.” “All I may consider was simply consistently getting — operating out of the home, and searching round, and seeing homes fabricated from brick, which I had by no means seen, and paved streets, and automobiles, and lights. By no means noticed that. It was simply unbelievable. It was past my creativeness to check something like town of New York.”