Faulty reasoning signals

• Confirmation Bias - 1.7% (12 hits)
• Anchoring Bias - 0%
• Availability Heuristic - 8.7% (62 hits)
• Representativeness Heuristic - 3.2% (23 hits)
• Hindsight Bias - 0%
• Overconfidence Bias - 2.4% (17 hits)
• Framing Effect - 7.9% (56 hits)
• Loss Aversion - 4.4% (31 hits)
• Status Quo Bias - 0%
• Sunk Cost Effect - 6.2% (44 hits)
• Optimism Bias - 6.9% (49 hits)
• Pessimism Bias - 3.4% (24 hits)

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Family shares years-long journey in pursuit of the American dream

We got off the plane.

It was a lot of rush.

It was a hot day.

It was a very, very hot day.

>> 23-year-old Debbie Arvin remembers every moment of the wonderful Monday in these photos when she and her family walked off a plane from Southern India and began their American dream.

>> I felt [music] like I was breathing different air.

Didn't feel like home, not just yet.

I was wearing [music] this pink shirt and jeans.

And I had this oversized headphones that didn't fit my head.

>> [laughter]

>> Their journey began in Charlottesville, Virginia.

>> [music] 10 years ago, she was a teenager walking onto American soil with her brother and parents [music] on a religious visa.

They prayed that someday they would join the nearly 800,000 people who are sworn in as new Americans every single year.

>> There are times where I've cried as well.

>> [music] >> Um because this process can be very um long, [music] tedious on the mind.

>> Anyone who's been through it all will tell you it isn't easy becoming an American [music] citizen.

Expensive lawyers, background checks, mountains of paperwork, [music] and never-ending delays just to get the green card.

That lucky ticket that comes first, meaning that you're safe to stay in America.

My parents, [music] seen here when I was a child, landed from Nigeria shortly before I was born.

It took them nearly 30 years before a green card was theirs.

The Arvins, with the help of missionaries, got theirs quickly.

>> Oh, it was a joyous day. I remember my dad opening the mail and saying, "We got it. We got it."

And he looks at the card and then he looks at my mom and he starts crying.

>> They had to wait at least 5 years before applying to become citizens and in the meanwhile were afraid to leave the country worried they wouldn't get back [music] in.

When her grandmother died, she couldn't fly to India for the funeral.

They needed at least five letters from American friends saying good things.

Then an interview and then a test on American history.

>> How many amendments does the US Constitution have?

>> Do you remember you asked me this?

How many constitution?

>> 27

>> Yes.

>> She and her family used flash cards to prepare.

>> And is the test written or is it verbal?

>> It's verbal. So, one of the questions I remember one of the officers asking me was, "What happened during the Emancipation Proclamation?"

And that's when you say they freed the slaves.

>> So, here's the thing that just gets me about this. Were you asked questions that most Americans can't answer?

>> Oh, absolutely.

Absolutely. My mom was the first one to go.

So, she had the honor of becoming a citizen on April 13th and it was amazing.

It was so beautiful.

>> A month later she passed her test, too, with flying colors and will now be sworn in as an American here on the green grounds of Monticello, the home of founding [music] father Thomas Jefferson.

She knows the place well.

>> Thank you.

All righty. [music] >> She's worked in the ticket office for the last year.

>> Are you nervous?

>> A little.

Cuz it's a whole lot of people.

[laughter]

It's a huge ceremony, but it is a a huge honor.

>> Do you love this country?

>> Oh, absolutely. With all of my heart.

This country [music] took us in. India will always be a part of us,

but we're also now going to be [music] Americans, as well.

>> My parents never became citizens. They died years after getting their green card, but their American dream lives on in me, a citizen, and their children, a proud American and a contributing American.

American. Congratulations today to

Debbie Almont.

>> David, no question. It was so great to hear from

all of those immigrants who came in when we were up to Liberty, and Steve, your parents that you speak of would be so proud of all of your contributions here.

So, thank you.

Thank you, Steve.