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TESTIMONY
Testimony by Jiang Wuqiao, A Street Vendor: A New Immigrant's Struggles
2:23:02
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5 min
Jiang Wuqiao, a recent Chinese immigrant, shares her harrowing journey to the United States and the challenges she faces now as he tries to survive.
Her testimony details her past persecution and current struggle with illness, unemployment, and the harsh realities of street vending without the proper permits.
Wuqiao's heartfelt appeal emphasizes the struggles of immigrants seeking refuge and trying to build a new life, underscoring the need for understanding and support for street vendors, particularly those who are displaced, ill, or without work authorization.
Speaker 23
2:23:02
My name is Jiang Wuqiao.
2:23:03
I'm a new immigrant from China.
2:23:15
I'm happy and excited to join this hearing.
2:23:35
I feel a bit excited emotionally today because I would never have this opportunity to speak up to have my voice heard in my home country.
2:24:29
In China, due to the persecution and death my brother that I speak up online, and I was prosecuted, and I was tortured, I was harmed, and I he harmed my body, I suffer.
2:24:46
I have a grave medical condition, and I'm very sick.
Speaker 43
2:24:57
That's so far coming.
Speaker 23
2:25:01
We're a kind and law abiding citizen.
Speaker 43
2:25:13
Woman, sent him.
Speaker 23
2:25:26
We left the country penniless, and we dare to hope for the future in United States.
2:25:32
And but after we arrive here, we find the to survive here, is very hard.
2:26:16
We first arrived here without we don't have work authorization.
2:26:22
We're out of status.
2:26:24
And so and due to the sickness that I am unemployed.
2:26:33
And with the friend help, I become a street vendor trying to sell clothes.
2:26:40
And on the 1st day, before I can make any sells, My staff was confiscated.
2:27:03
I told the police that was my very first time if I cannot Then staff there
Speaker 18
2:27:10
I will be I'm gonna
Speaker 1
2:27:11
have to ask you though to wrap up at what will take the full written testimony.
2:27:15
Thank you.
Speaker 23
2:27:50
I just wanted to know that people like me who are senior with sickness and who couldn't find appropriate job, couldn't find work, And is there any opportunity for us to let us continue living and surviving?
2:28:03
Because it's a lot of pressure to continue the burden to survive.
Speaker 1
2:28:10
Thank you very much.
2:28:11
We appreciate you coming down here and for your testimony.
2:28:14
Thank you.
Speaker 23
2:28:24
I was healthy before due to the persecution of the government.
2:28:28
That's how I become new.
Speaker 1
2:28:37
Thank you very much.