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Al Jazeera Staff

Joe Biden’s Michigan visit highlights rift with Arab American community

Protesters rally for a ceasefire in Gaza outside a union hall during a visit by US President Joe Biden in Warren, Michigan, February 1, 2024 [Rebecca Cook/Reuters]

A visit by United States President Joe Biden to Michigan has exposed a growing divide with the considerable Arab-American community in the key swing state ahead of November’s general election.

Biden sat down with members of the United Auto Workers union on Thursday after they endorsed his re-election bid, but the president’s motorcade had to take side streets in Warren to avoid some two hundred protesters before arriving at its destination.

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