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Deming Guo/Daniel Wilkinson

This character is born in America to a woman who is in the country illegally, and he is later adopted by an American couple when his mother is deported.

Guo Peilan/Polly Guo

This character immigrates to America illegally. She has a son, but she is deported when there is a raid on the nail salon where she works.

Leon Chen

This character is in America illegally and works in a slaughterhouse. After his girlfriend is deported, he leaves America, returns to China, and starts a family there.

Vivian Chen

This character lives in the Bronx with her son and brother. Eventually, she remarries and moves to Sunset Park.

Michael Chen

This character lives with his mother and uncle when he is young and his mother and stepfather when his mother remarries. When he finishes high school, he attends Columbia University.

Kay Wilkinson

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