'These Are My People. I Belong Here'

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?

Bilal, 37, Miami: Completely. 100 percent. I've been in Miami for the last six to seven years and I've been working it downtown. Everyday I take the train. In the last six years I've never felt like I'm an immigrant over here. But from the last one week when I walked out with my wife, I just feel that I don't belong. This current president has made be so uncomfortable. Just being a president of the United States doesn't mean anything; you need to be the president of people's hearts, you know. He needs to be a president of the people. People should respect him from the heart. He has taken certain actions that, when I walk out with my family, I don't feel that comfort. When I came here today, I felt like so many people came, and I was so relieved. I was so stuffed up, but now I feel so much more relaxed and, you know what? These are my people. I belong here. We're going to continue living.

"If I could say anything to Trump about the immigration restrictions, I would say…"

All these people who came out here, they are spreading their arms. You need to come up and hug these people up. These are your people; you need to be our president.

This interview has been edited and condensed.