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For some immigrants, America's debt culture is a complicated journey

NPR | By Alina Selyukh,

Tirzah Christopher

Published May 2, 2023 at 6:24 PM CDT

This illustration picture shows debit and credit cards arranged on a desk on April 6, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia.

Each swipe of a credit card is a small loan. But what if you were taught to never be in debt? For immigrants, America's reliance on credit scores often means a jarring and oddly complicated journey.

Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR.

Tirzah Christopher

Tirzah Christopher is the 2023 Roy W. Howard fellow at NPR. An international investigative reporter, she graduated in December 2022 with a master's degree in investigative journalism from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.