Many immigrants were all too aware of what the world was seeing of their adopted home. Benedict Killang’s father calls him regularly from South Sudan, a place Mr. Killang left 25 years ago when every day seemed more dangerous and violent than the one before. “He is just calling to check in,” said Mr. Killang, 50, now raising four children in Pittsburgh. “He is saying, ‘The place you are in is not safe.’” Particularly after Wednesday’s events, Mr. Killang cannot fully disagree. In recent years, as President Trump and others spoke with increasing hostility toward immigrants, he had begun to fear that worse days were coming.

Source: International New York Times January 08, 2021 10:00 UTC