Brian Laird on W.N.C. and to end the show today we now turn to Arab American Heritage Month declared

by President Biden in 2021 and your family's immigration to America's story if you are an Arab American, an

immigrant yourself or with parents or grandparents or earlier ancestors from an Arab nation, an Arabic speaking nation.

Tell us your family immigration story to America at 212 433.

WNYC, our phones are open at 212 433 962.

Some background.

Back in 2021, President Joe Biden revoked former President Donald Trump's so-called Muslim ban,

remember that?

Signed in 2017 by Trump, the executive order severely restricted immigration or the ability to claim

refugee status from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Iran, Iraq, Libya,

Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

And on the heels of revoking that ban,

President Biden recognized April

as National Arab American Heritage Month.

Here's a clip from then of White House spokesman Ned Price.

Americans of Arab Heritage are very much

a part of the fabric of this nation, and Arab Americans have contributed in. are very

field and Arab Americans have contributed in every field and profession.

Many of them, in fact, serve here at the State Department

and throughout the Interagency,

and their careers are as diverse as their backgrounds.

We mark National Arab American Heritage Month

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