Donald Trump and others of his ilk would have you believe that immigrants are criminals, deviants and thugs. Â Fox News has gotten much mileage vilifying immigrants on a regular basis.
So you may not have heard the story of Dr. Khurshid Guru last week. Â Guru is an Indian American and the Director of Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York.
During a recent flight from Spain to the U.S., a 2-year old toddler suffered an asthma attack, requiring medication. Â However, his parents had mistakenly included the treatment in their checked luggage.
The plane only had an adult inhaler, so Dr. Guru grabbed materials on the plane - a plastic water bottle, a cup, some tape and an oxygen tank - and built the boy a nebulizer. Â The contraption allowed the boy to take in both oxygen and the asthma medicine simultaneously. Â After a few minutes, the boy's oxygen level was normal in just a few minutes.
Our office deals with immigrants every single day and we see the positive contributions that the vast majority of them are making. Â This story is just one example (albeit very dramatic) of how allowing smart immigrants like Dr. Guru into the country can really help Americans - even 2-year old boys who simply can't catch their breath.
