The New Yorker – Becoming an American Under Trump

February 13, 2017

Becoming an American Under Trump

After Trump signed his executive order, nine young women met at the Arab-American Family Support Center, in Brooklyn, to study for the citizenship exam.

One of the many organizations thrown into chaos last week because of the Trump Administration’s travel ban was the Arab-American Family Support Center, in Brooklyn. “It’s been incredibly hectic,” Ambreen Qureshi, the center’s deputy executive director, said recently. Her office had been inundated with stories of anti-Muslim harassment and travel emergencies. “A lot of anxiety, a lot of worry, stress, tension,” she said.