Hasnain says:

This story is both inspirational (in how Andrea overcame so many challenges in life to get where she was and make meaningful impact on immigrants) and depressing (in how much she had to over come and the constant resistance in the administration to treat people like humans).

“She recalled many times in her career when someone had politely but firmly told her that she needed to be more dispassionate on immigration issues. “My name is Flores, and on the first impression many people believe that my family recently arrived in the United States,” she told me. “That caused doubts. People assume I’m a bleeding heart before they hear my ideas, and that’s always been a challenge.””

Posted on 2022-01-30T08:39:03+0000