Named Prochi News Today

Woman named prochi who came to this country and became a citizen and opened up a successful services company. when she started, she had just one employee and today she employs more than 100 people. this past april we held a naturalization ceremony at the white house for members of our armed forces. even though they were not yet citizens, they had enlisted. one of them was a woman named pearla born and raised in mexico. came to the united states shortly after 9/11, and she eventually joined the n...

Built, years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their next skyward at the end of a long and brutal voyage, years before would come to symbolize everything that we cherish. she imagined what it could mean. she imagined the sight of a giant statue at the entry point of a great nation. but unlike the great monuments of the past, this would not signal an empire. instead, it would signal ones arrival to a place of opportunity and refuge and freedom. here at our sea washed sunset...

Dangerous passage over the north atlantic. once here, many made their homes in a teaming and bustling lower manhattan. it was at this time that a young woman named emma lazarus, whose own family fled persecution from europe generations earlier, took up the cause of these new immigrants. although she was a poet, she spent much of her time advocating for better health care and housing for the newcomers. and inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated piece of work t...