'I Don't Think Trump Knows Anything About Love'

This interview is part of Broadly's Voices Against the Ban series. You can read more of these voices here.

Broadly: Why do you oppose Trump's immigration restrictions:

Ottessa: My ten-year-old niece, whose father is Ghanaian—the only one of his family to move to the US—heard about Trump's immigration orders and asked, "Does this mean my dad will never see his mother again?" I said I didn't know, but that love defies space and time and political boundaries. I've been getting texts from friends asking if I'm a citizen: I am. I don't think Trump knows anything about love.

This interview has been edited and condensed.