Washington Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon traces her journey from immigrant child to top lawyer and presents it as an American success story.
Dylan spoke at a “Freedom Moms” event in New York and called coming to the United States the “best gift” her parents had ever given her.
“My father was an orthopedic surgeon. My parents left India in the 1970s because India was a vassal state of Russia. They had a strict two-child policy and a planned economy, and the parents didn’t want to raise their children in that environment, so they came to the United States,” said Dhillon, who is best known as a civil rights lawyer and lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Besides life, the greatest gift my parents gave me was bringing me to the United States and taking the oath to become a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of 10,” she said.
Dylan said her parents came to the United States when there was a local doctor shortage and Washington invited medical professionals during the Vietnam War.
“We didn’t go through Ellis Island in 1970. We flew into JFK,” she said. Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor, served as a U.S. federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954, processing more than 12 million immigrants.
It is estimated that nearly 40% of U.S. citizens can now trace at least one ancestor through this facility
Dillon said her father, who died 15 months ago, was proud of her and saw his daughter become a lawyer for former and future presidents of the United States.
“During my Senate confirmation hearing, my mom and my brother sat behind me and watched me shoot down a lot of really stupid and nasty questions from several Democratic senators,” Dillon said.
“Before I took this job, when the president and Pam Bondi called me last November, I was already known for representing mothers and children and American citizens against state tyranny,” she said.
“Across America, including my home state of California. Stand up for young girls who the state and doctors are trying to take away their status as women. Stand up for parents who are being denied control of their children’s education by the state,” Dillon said.
“Today I get to do this work for America. So this is an American success story. I’m very proud to be an American and I’m so grateful to be here with you tonight at Ellis Island, which is a symbol of all that’s great about this country,” Dillon said.
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