Alejandra - MEXICO

"People treating me differently? I'm always hearing like, why don't you bring tacos for lunch? Really? Every day? But I know they're joking. It's just annoying to hear. When I was younger, they weren't joking. They would treat me differently. And they would leave me out. I didn't have too many friends. Because they would be like, you're Mexican. But okay, who cares? I'll be friends with you if you're from wherever. But you can't be friends with me because I'm Mexican? Somebody literally asked me, “Why don't you bring tacos to lunch?” When I told the teacher, they blamed it on me. I didn't tell my mom because I knew she would say, you're just being dramatic. What advice for white Americans? Just worry about yourself. Be friends with whoever you want to be friends with, for who they are not for where they come from. And don't be mean".

Mahnoor & Rania - PAKISTAN

"We had a Cultural Day at school. I only have one Pakistani friend, and we planned to wear our cultural clothes to school. But then, last minute, she backed out and I had to wear it alone. So I was kind of scared. Like, wearing it on the bus, and traveling to school, well, what would everyone think?" -- Mahnoor

Sofiia - UKRAINE

“It was hard when we had to leave Ukraine because I had a lot of friends. And I miss them so, so much. Of course I worry about my dad. He’s in Kiev. He can't leave Ukraine, because they won't let the men. He must stay there and help and do all to take Ukraine for good. And he's teaching people how to, shooting, with a gun. And helping other people clean the guns. Maybe, we will go back, if the war finished. Actually, I would like to stay here, in America, because I have so many friends right now at school. So I don't want to miss them too. And I don't want them to forget me.”

Hunaid - PAKISTAN

"Immigrants should be supported. Because they left their own country. They're in a new country with a new environment, a new language. And they're adjusting their learning to the different environment. So give them time. Provide them with help."

Julia - HONDURAS

Van Ado - DOMINICA

“I consider myself American, as a citizen, but… it’s not where my roots come from… I was just born here. American is just a label, it doesn’t mean anything. My blood is from Dominica.”

Maya - ALGERIA

(From their mother:) "When I left Algeria, in the ‘90’s it was really bad because of terrorism. So I had really bad images of Algeria. It scarred me for life. Nothing happened to my family, but my cousin's husband was killed. My dad worked for the government, so we were always worried, is he home safe, is he gonna be killed, God forbid. So that was a really, really bad experience. "

Zaahra - IRAQ

"It was scary when we got here -- everything was different, it was winter and we only had shorts and flip-flops. We came from the refugee camp and didn't have winter clothes!"

Mei - JAPAN

(From Mei's parents:) "We hope she will understand what it's like to be Japanese, because she is so young. We don't want her to forget Japan."

Brandon and Kevin - GUATEMALA

“If American people went to Guatemala, then they would feel what it’s like to be in a new country, where everything is strange. Maybe then they would treat immigrants better here."

Yajaira - EL SALVADOR

“They can't have freedom in El Salvador. They're killing them there so they can get their money. The police are trying to get all the bad guys. So they have to get freedom in America. But if they don't have papers... If the ICE police get you, you have to go back to your country. When my dad and me and my mom were driving, we saw the ICE police so we started running a little more in the car.”