The story tells a touching and ordinary story of a typical American family fighting for the future. Korean American Antonio LeBlanc (Justin Chon) was adopted as a child and grew up in a bayou town in Louisiana. Now he is married to his beloved Katy (Alicia Vikander) and raising her daughter Jessie from her previous marriage. As he strives to provide the best life for his family, he learns that he will be expelled from the country he calls home. The lingering past binds him tightly.