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Bambadjan Bamba is an actor and filmmaker who immigrated from the Ivory Coast with his family fleeing political persecution in 1992. At 10, America became his new home.

He learned English by listening to hip-hop greats like Biggie Smalls and watching cartoons.

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Upon finding out that he was undocumented as a high school senior, Bambadjan worked his way through drama school without any financial aid. Since then, he’s qualified for DACA and worked his way up in Hollywood. He is now a series regular on NBC’s The Good Place and has a role in the upcoming Marvel blockbuster Black Panther.

“Immigrants are not criminals,” said Bamba, 35.

“We're not here to take away your jobs. We're here to give back. We're not just Mexicans or Latino.

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We're black, too. We're from the Middle East, from Asia, too. We're your neighbors, your doctors, the teachers of your children, and sometimes we're on TV in your home, characters that you love. We're j