Some in Michigan’s Arab American community feel ‘buyer’s remorse’ with Trump over travel ban, Gaza

Описание: (12 Jun 2025)

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Dearborn, Michigan – 9 June 2025
1. Traffic makes its way along one of the city’s main thoroughfares
2. A sign welcomes visitors to Dearborn

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ARCHIVE: Detroit – 6 June 2025
3. Various of worshippers at the Islamic Center of Detroit taking part in a prayer service marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha

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Rochester, Michigan – 9 June 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Trumbore, Oakland University political science chair:
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“Overall, there are about 300,000 or so folks in Michigan of Arab or North African descent.”

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Dearborn, Michigan – 9 June 2025
5. A McDonald’s restaurant’s digital board features a message in Arabic
6. A celebratory Eid decoration is set up in the front yard of a home

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ARCHIVE: Novi, Michigan – 26 October 2024
7. Trump greets imams and other Arab American community leaders onstage at a rally

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Rochester, Michigan – 9 June 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Trumbore, Oakland University political science chair:
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“They have been a pretty reliable part of the Democratic coalition in Michigan. That all changed in a very big way in the 2024 race.”

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FILE Grand Rapids, Michigan – 5 November 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) presidential candidate:
“Democrats are not happy about this. This was supposed to be their vote.”
10. Donald Trump greets Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib onstage during a campaign rally

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FILE: Novi, Michigan – 26 October 2024
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11. UPSOUND Imam Belal Alzuhairi tells the crowd (English): “We, as Muslims, stand with President Trump because he promises peace”

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Rochester, Michigan – 9 June 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Trumbore, Oakland University political science chair:
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“There has been a lot of buyer's remorse, as a consequence of both Trump's foreign policy as it relates to Israel and Gaza.”

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Dearborn, Michigan – 9 June 2025
13. A Haraz Coffee House employee scoops ice into a glass before walking it over to another counter

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Rochester, Michigan – 9 June 2025
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Trumbore, Oakland University political science chair:
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“The travel ban that was announced last week and has gone into effect this week directly prevents citizens of 12 countries, primarily Muslim-majority countries, some in Asia, from coming into the United States with some exceptions. Yemen is on this list, big Metro Detroit population of Yemeni Americans.”

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Dearborn, Michigan – 9 June 2025
15. A bag of Haraz coffee sits on a shelf inside the shop
16. Various of a drink being prepared
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Wali Altahif, Yemeni American activist:
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“It's separating families. … It took me on a personal level for his first ban. It took me five years to reunite with my wife.”
18. The exterior of a Yemeni coffee shop
19. The outside of a Yemeni bakery
20. The Haraz employee places a cake under glass
21. An outline of Yemen is affixed to the shop’s wall
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Wali Altahif, Yemeni American activist:
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“This is the reward to the community that defied everybody else that says, ‘No, we're going to support you, we’re going to vote for you.’ And you turn around and say, ‘Hey, I'm going to reward you to ban people from Yemen.’ That's un-American.”
23. A drink being made






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