Biar Atem, who came to the United States as a refugee in 2001 from what is now South Sudan, is pictured at his home in North Las Vegas on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review Journal Follow @bleblancphoto Biar Atem, auditor at Las Vegas Sands Corp., is interviewed about his story at the Sands Corp. Audit Services Group offices in Las Vegas Wednesday, June 4, 2014.