Orren Wang landed at Los Angeles International Airport in 1994 with $1,000 in his pocket. By the time he reached Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, a motel and a shuttle bus had taken a hundred of it, and the assistantship that was supposed to pay his tuition had not started. Two American teachers he had known in China, Pat and Wallace, sent a check for $400 so he could enroll. He paid it back in four or five months.
Jenny Beth Martin asks what it was like to arrive from China and meet freedom of religion, freedom of the press, economic freedom and private property for the first time. Wang says economic freedom came later; religious freedom came right away. A history professor on campus, a devout Christian, gathered the Chinese students and scholars every Friday for Bible study. In China, where Wang had already become a Christian, that was banned. In Kentucky it was a standing invitation, and it gave a man who knew nobody and did not know where to buy groceries a church and a community.
Then he describes the long part. With a master's degree in accounting, it took two years to find a firm willing to hire an international student. Employment led to a green card, and a green card led to citizenship, fourteen years after he arrived. He does not complain. Every country has its laws, he says, and the wait made him stronger. It is also why he supports President Trump's immigration policy: secure the border, keep the process, and do not let people come illegally and claim the benefits.
Guest: Orren Wang, CPA, who grew up under communism in China, took part in the 1989 democracy protests in Chengdu, and came to the United States as a student in 1994.
In this segment:
• $1,000 at Los Angeles International Airport, $900 by the time he reached campus
• A $400 check from two teachers he had known in China
• Religious freedom right away: the Friday Bible study
• In China, that was banned
• Two years to find a firm that would hire an international student
• Fourteen years to citizenship, and why he does not complain
• Why he backs President Trump's immigration policy and a secure border
• You cannot come illegally and claim all the benefits
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00:00 — What was it like when you first got to America?
00:25 — $1,000 at Los Angeles International Airport
01:01 — $900 by the time he reached campus
01:25 — A $400 check from Pat and Wallace
01:53 — Religious freedom right away: the Friday Bible study
02:19 — In China, that was banned
03:03 — Knowing nobody, and a church community
03:29 — Two years to find a job as an international student
04:21 — Fourteen years to citizenship: I don't complain
04:58 — Why he supports President Trump's immigration policy
05:20 — You cannot come illegally and claim all the benefits
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