As my mother, brother and I stood on line at the airport leaving our homeland, which was not the safest for our upbringing. I could not help but think about what she said to me before our departure. She said, “The US is safer than home, everything is going to be okay now, I promise.” All I could do at that moment was to trust that things would be better and safer for us now. I was hopeful for our journey. Unfortunately, that feeling of hopefulness faded away just as we arrived in the United States, my brother and I …