"Not one more dime for the Department of Homeland Security until they start following the law in this country! Fereshteh came to this country over a decade ago coming to the United States from a refugee camp. She told me just off stage that this is the moment, this is reason that she came here to the U.S. to speak truth to power."
"Listen, guys, Fereshteh is here to lift us up to a common purpose and to a common goal, to understand that the best of America lie [in our shared values and commitment to immigrants and refugees]."
During a counter-State of the Union rally held by Democrats on the National Mall, a pro-Trump disruptor rushed the stage to heckle Fereshteh Ganjavi, a refugee and founder of Connecticut nonprofit Elena's Light. Senator Chris Murphy was introducing Ganjavi, who came to the United States from a refugee camp over a decade ago to share her immigrant experience. The Trump supporter shouted anti-immigrant sentiments and pro-Trump slogans before being dragged away by security. Murphy responded calmly to the disruption, continuing to emphasize Ganjavi's purpose of lifting the country toward common understanding and shared goals about American values.
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