Los Angeles, July 10 : Pakistan-origin actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani says it took him over a decade to get his permanent residence in the US. Nanjiani on Monday night tweeted: "I feel like people think immigrating to the US is super easy.
Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani shared a powerful message of support for "Dreamers" - recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program, whose fate currently hangs in the balance - while presenting the Oscar for best production design Sunday night. "Like everyone in this room and everyone watching at home, we are dreamers," Nyong'o said.
Actors Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani walk onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. CREDIT: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Actors Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani expressed solidarity with DREAMers, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and other young immigrants, at the Academy Awards Sunday night.
In this still image from "The Big Sick," stand-up comic, actor and writer Kumail Nanjiani pitches woo to Zoe Kazan, the on-screen counterpart of Nanjiani's real-life wife and "Sick" screenplay co-writer Emily V. Gordon. In "The Big Sick," stand-up jokester Kumail Nanjiani describes acceptable professions for a Pakistani-American.