Liberal: She was not a callous conservative

I was in my hotel room in New York when I got a call from my friend Tracy Hollister. She invited me to be part of a Living Room Conversation, a bipartisan forum for peaceful, albeit highly political dialogue. The focus of this conversation would be immigration. As Tracy talked me through the process, she explained the conversation would consist of three Democrats and three Republicans -- and that she would be co-hosting with a Republican who had immigrated from China.

A Republican immigrant -- how is that even possible,...