{"id":25400,"date":"2025-02-18T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=25400"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:00:00","slug":"comunidad-siria-de-chicago-bashar-al-assad-trump-inmigracion-refugiados-exilio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/02\/18\/chicago-syrian-community-bashar-al-assad-trump-immigration-refugee-exile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirios en Chicago celebran la ca\u00edda de Assad mientras se enfrentan a la incertidumbre en la era Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d31616ed7bd\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samira Alhamwi spent years losing hope that Syria would ever be free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since arriving as a refugee in Chicago, she would awake every morning filled with anxiety for her home country and loved ones living under an oppressive regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIs my family okay? Are my brothers okay?\u201d she worried.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alhamwi\u2019s fears are familiar to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrefugees.org\/news\/syria-refugee-crisis-explained\/#WhatareSyrian%E2%80%99sgreatestchallenges?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 14 million Syrians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who fled their homes because of the Bashar al-Assad regime. Alhamwi and others are breathing a sigh of relief following the overthrow of the regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d31616eee16\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d31616ef92b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d31616effbf\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo words can express what we are feeling right now because we still don\u2019t believe it,\u201d Alhamwi said. \u201cEvery day now, I wake up with a smile on my face.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the dictatorship&#8217;s fall, the Chicago Syrian community celebrated a renewed sense of hope. Now, they navigate a new uncertainty of their country\u2019s future with President Donald Trump\u2019s policies taking aim at immigration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maya Atassi, the Syrian Community Network&#8217;s co-executive director, said the group is closely watching the Trump administration&#8217;s decisions \u201cday by day.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[The Trump administration is] \u201ctargeting the city and state, and anything that doesn\u2019t fit their perfect mold . . . It\u2019s incredibly frustrating.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fleeing-a-brutal-regime\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fleeing A Brutal Regime<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more than five decades, the Assad family maintained its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/09\/middleeast\/syria-assad-rebels-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reputation as brutal dictators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. More than 130,000 people in Syria have been put under arrest or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snhr.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/30\/record-of-arbitrary-arrests1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forcibly disappeared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 15,000 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snhr.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/30\/death-toll-due-to-torture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deaths have been recorded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from March 2011 until August 2024, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snhr.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/30\/record-of-arbitrary-arrests1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrian Network for Human Rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/13\/middleeast\/syria-tortured-prisoners-assad-regime-intl\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">half a million people were killed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country\u2019s civil war, and up to 100,000 of them may have been killed in government-run prisons. The number of <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/10\/22\/syrian-northwestern-university-wendy-pearlman-book-excerpt\/\">Syrian refugees fleeing to the U.S.<\/a> to escape Assad\u2019s regime has increased over the last few years. More than 11,000 came in 2024, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/answers\/how-many-refugees-come-to-the-us\/country\/united-states\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugee Admissions Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alhamwi is among those who have sought refuge in the U.S. Illinois is home to more than 1,000 Syrians living in exile for protesting during the Arab Spring. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/syrian-refugees-united-states\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Migration Policy Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, many came between 2012 and 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d31616f1698\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-23582\" class=\"post-23582 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-immigration-policy tag-syrian\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/10\/22\/syrian-northwestern-university-wendy-pearlman-book-excerpt\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24.10.21-Wendy-Pearlman-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/10\/22\/syrian-northwestern-university-wendy-pearlman-book-excerpt\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/wendy-pearlman\/\" title=\"View all posts by Wendy Pearlman\">Wendy Pearlman<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/10\/22\/syrian-northwestern-university-wendy-pearlman-book-excerpt\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">octubre 22, 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alhamwi was raised in Syria but left the country in 2011 with her husband and daughter after the Syrian civil war began. In 2016, Alhamwi and her family arrived as refugees in Chicago after spending three and half years in Jordan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alhamwi\u2019s family received support from the Syrian Community Network. She now works as an adult education manager helping people apply for citizenship, prepare for naturalization interviews, learn English and enroll in college. The network provides refugees with a support system vital to navigating life in a new country, she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey still need us, because they need to feel that they are supported,\u201d she said. \u201cThey feel exactly like we feel, especially now in this situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d316170167e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"mixed-feelings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mixed Feelings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December, Chicagoans celebrated in the streets following the fall of Assad\u2019s regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI could not believe it,\u201d said Wael Abbas, Alhamwi\u2019s husband who is originally from Homs, a western city in Syria. \u201cWhen we heard the news, you just stay silent for a minute. And then you explode out of joy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This disbelief was shared across the community as they processed the stunning fall of the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have heard a lot of people say it feels like a dream,\u201d Atassi, the co-executive director of SCN and a first-generation Syrian American, said. \u201cThey never thought they would see this day, or had given up on seeing this day. But the fact that this has happened, and it happened in the way that it did, makes it even more unbelievable.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said SCN immediately reached out to families, sending messages of support and congratulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are reaching out to the broader community, beyond just our community, basically saying, if you have thoughts, if you have feelings, if you have things you want to say, you are welcome,\u201d she said. \u201cJust to mark this moment and archive it in a way that allows this to remain this moment in history.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While grateful for a free Syria, members of the community are still navigating a combination of emotions. Months after the collapse of the regime, families are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/jan\/28\/missing-wafa-mustafa-father-assad-prisons-syria\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">still searching for traces of loved ones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Syria. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/icmp.int\/news\/syria-needs-a-coordinated-strategy-to-find-missing-persons\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Commission on Missing Persons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> estimates that between 100,000 and 200,000 people are missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the same time, I am very sad about the people who died and lost their lives during the last 40 years,\u201d Alhamwi said. \u201cI want them back alive to let them know we are free . . . it is a mix of feelings between happiness, grief, sadness, excitement.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d3161702eff\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-24\" class=\"post-24 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-zarzour\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2017\/02\/21\/hadia-zarzour\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1_UcAqEpAH6GB5QGtWB0PEgA.png\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2017\/02\/21\/hadia-zarzour\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hadia Zarzour on living two lives in Chicago and Syria<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/sarah-conway\/\" title=\"View all posts by Sarah Conway\">Sarah Conway<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2017\/02\/21\/hadia-zarzour\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">febrero 21, 2017<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"ushering-in-a-new-administration\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ushering In A New Administration\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/temporary-protected-status\/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-syria\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced an extension and redesignation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until September 30, 2025. During this period of time, TPS holders were allowed to live in the United States without being detained due to their immigration status. Syrian nationals were allowed to apply for TPS or extend their status if they met the eligibility criteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within his first month in office, Trump has taken steps to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/04\/nx-s1-5285470\/venezuelans-florida-tps-immigration-trump\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revoke Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will end protection for Venezuelan asylum seekers in 60 days. Trump has not yet made the same rollback of protections for Syrians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, Trump has been laying the groundwork for withdrawing from Syria and introducing a new travel ban that could impact immigrants and travelers from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/rights-groups-warn-trump-executive-order-would-restore-muslim-travel-ban-2025-01-23\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">predominantly Arab or Muslim countries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Amidst the slew of executive orders signed by Trump in his first day in office was an enhanced visa vetting order, which would suspend entry of migrants from countries\u00a0 that have \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-othernational-security-and-public-safety-threats\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identified security risks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCN has been trying to anticipate the policies that put the community at risk. The administration has issued dozens of executive orders that involve cuts to immigration services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Peters, the director of immigration services at SCN, said that smaller-scale cuts to immigration offices across the country are expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe can expect cuts in staffing to USCIS, the consulates and embassies or USCIS offices abroad \u2013 all of which contribute to a general slowdown of processing applications of all kinds,\u201d Peters said. \u201cWe can expect to see, what on the surface seem like quite small things, but cumulatively will add up to more of the same slowdown and impediment of routine processing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since January, SCN has held immigration town halls where legal experts from the Chicagoland area share information about immigrants\u2019 rights and what to expect from the Trump administration. They advised immigrant communities to \u201cremain vigilant but not afraid\u201d in the face of threats and an anti-immigrant agenda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even as they brace for Trump\u2019s policies for Syria, the community celebrates their country\u2019s liberation. They remain hopeful for the future of their country and the good they can do now that it is free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow, we have so much work to do as Syrians,\u201d said Wael Abbas. \u201cBut I feel like we can do what we have to do. Before, we didn\u2019t have that chance. We had a regime and you could not get out of it. You had to do what they told you. Now, I am so proud. I am a Syrian. I have a country. I have a home. Before, we didn\u2019t have this feeling.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Syrian community in Chicago intends to watch their country blossom again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI hope for the future to do what we can do for Syria \u2013 to rebuild Syria, to be all together and help our country,\u201d Alhamwi said.\u00a0 \u201cI am sure Syria will bloom again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Tara Mobasher is a Northwestern Medill Reporting fellow at Borderless Magazine. 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