WASHINGTON - Standing on the steps of the Texas State Capitol in January, state lawmaker Gene Wu, a Chinese American who was born in China, held up a photo of his childhood home – an idyllic-looking white house bordered by neat hedges and a brick walkway, nestled in the shade of a leafy tree.
His parents had bought that house in Houston for US$40,000 during their decade-long wait for US citizenship.
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