Motaz Alafandi: Syrian People and Translator Friday

motaz alafandi: The Syrian people deserve better than this, Alabood, 48, who along with his wife and five children arrived last spring in Kansas City, Missouri, told The Associated Press through a translator Friday, according to Metro News. The sentiment was shared some 550 miles away by Motaz Alafandi, a 49-year-old Syrian living in Dallas while seeking asylum with his wife and three youngest kids, ages 14, 11 and 5. Ahmad Alabood, whose family was the first to be resettled in America as part of the surge refugee program, wishes President Donald Trump would help topple Syria's regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to those fleeing a torn homeland. I wish that Mr. If my country will become good again, I won't stay here. President Trump can help in stopping the war in Syria, said Alafandi, who said he loves the U.S. and the American people but does hope to return one day to his homeland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.