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14 February 2017
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The Syrian-American mayor with his own executive order
19 March 2017 Last updated at 00:04 GMT
Mohamed Khairullah is the Syrian-American mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey.
He talks to the BBC about his experience as a Muslim mayor at a time of growing Islamophobia and his own executive order supporting refugees.
Produced by Nadia Alhuraimi
