PHILADELPHIA — The day former President Donald Trump issued his travel ban in 2017, all Nagi Latefa could see were his daughters’ faces.
Sunken. Disappointed. Scared.
The executive order banned travelers from six majority Muslim countries from visiting the United States. Latefa and his family, who are Palestinian Muslims, felt vulnerable. The Muslim American community as a whole felt vulnerable. The so-called Muslim ban ignited a question they felt insecure about for decades, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11: Do we belong?
