NYC Gazette

Marsha Brown went through an arduous process to become a naturalized United States citizen last year, thinking that her vote would matter, but the outcome of the presidential elections has left her feeling slighted.

“People like myself left our countries that were being run like a Banana Republic,” Brown told the NYC Gazette. “It hurts for people like me who went through the immigration process, paid our dues, paid our taxes, never broke the law, and then have Democrats come in and just want to open the borders. It’s like a spit in our faces.”

As previously reported, President Trump signed an executive order to suspend green cards in an effort to protect Americans from the competition of international workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Times reported that in June, President Trump extended the ban on green cards issued outside the U.S. until the end of the year.

Originally from Trinidad, Brown was among thousands who attended the March for Trump rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14.

They walked from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Supreme Court building across from the Capitol to challenge the results of Election Day in support of President Trump after the Associated Press named Joe Biden the president-elect. Biden won a projected 306 electoral votes compared to President Trump’s 232. 

“I want President Trump to know that the media tries to paint him as xenophobic but there are people from every walk of life and ethnicity that love and support him,” Brown said in an interview.

In the state of New York, the Associated Press reported that Biden won with 56.2% of the vote over President Donald Trump’s 42.5%.

“We know what President Trump is about,” Brown said at the rally. “He’s for people like myself and every single American, regardless of race. We know that. We can feel it.” 

Brown and others cheered when President Trump drove through the crowd in a motorcade.

Most recently, President Trump threatened that he would not share an approved COVID-19 vaccine with the state of New York after Gov. Cuomo said he wouldn’t trust a vaccine that is issued under the Trump administration, according to media reports. But CBS reported this week that Cuomo is backpedaling and considering suing if doses are withheld from the Empire State.