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#immigrant-success

In a little over three decades, Nadeem Bajwa went from being a college student struggling to pay the bills to the owner of a fast food empire, owning 270 Papa John's locations in North America. The 58-year-old told CNBC that he immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 from Pakistan. He attended a college in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked side hustles to make ends meet.

Arkan faced up to six months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines, but prosecutors and the federal probation officer agreed that no prison time was warranted.

"We lived in that motel for most of my childhood. That was our home and our business."

I'm still processing it. When the notifications came in, I spent two hours walking around the kitchen in shock, while my mom sat there in disbelief.