Brooklynites respond to President Trump’s travel ban with rally
At least two Brooklynites have been impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order that bars citizens from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, and borough residents responded by protesting in opposition to the policy.
A large group joined Borough President Eric Adams outside the United States District Court – Eastern District of New York, 225 Cadman Plaza East, on Monday, January 30, and rallied in support of City University of New York (CUNY) student Saira Rafiee, who has been denied reentry into the United States despite having an F1 visa.
Rafiee, a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident and Ph.D. student of political science at the CUNY Graduate Center had been visiting her family in Iran during her winter break before she was denied entry into the states.