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Almost 50,000 non-citizen residents in the District of Columbia will have no say in selecting the next U.S. president. Yet, some believe they will be doubly affected by the policies at home and abroad.

Somaya Zaheereldeen moved to Virginia in 2014 and was in high school when Donald Trump was elected for the first time.聽聽

Emigrating from Syria and born in Egypt, Zaheereldeen was particularly concerned about Trump鈥檚 鈥渄istaste for foreigners, and especially he called out Arab countries.鈥�

In January 2017, former President Donald Trump issued an executive ordertravelers from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria. After multiple iterations during Trump鈥檚 presidency, on President Joe Biden鈥檚 first day in office.聽

Now, she is 22 years old, but she can鈥檛 vote for President as a non-citizen. 鈥淚t feels kind of similar to how I was in high school,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 have no say in the way I鈥檓 living and I鈥檓 just kind of accepting any fate that鈥檚 brought upon me.鈥澛�

A 49-year-old from Syria who asked not to be named as he is currently applying for U.S. citizenship tries to avoid thinking about the election. 鈥淲e can do nothing about it; thinking about it is kind of useless. We cannot vote, and we cannot impact that.鈥�

He has been living in the DMV for nine years and is three years into his citizenship application process, 鈥淚f Trump wins, maybe this will be delayed or maybe denied,鈥� he said.聽

Trump has announced that he would call for mass deportations of a million people without legal status per year.聽 that Trump would use a 1798 law that gives the president power to 鈥渄eport any noncitizen from a country that the U.S. is at war with.鈥� (CBS whether there are details on the plan.)

While the 49-year-old is a green card holder, so he shouldn鈥檛 be affected, a previous mass deportation campaign in 1954 mistakenly deported U.S. citizens.聽

The green card holder said, 鈥淚 will fight to stay in America, not just for living, fighting back for democracy and human rights. I wouldn鈥檛 leave that easily unless we are forced to leave.鈥�

鈥業鈥檓 just afraid鈥櫬�

Lena Le has been in Washington, D.C., for six months as a visiting lecturer from Vietnam National University, but she is afraid of the election’s aftermath. She has promised herself not to go out onto the street the day after the elections as she is concerned for her safety as an Asian woman.

鈥淪ometimes politics is actually an excuse for people to expose their hatreds, their grievance, and who knows what would happen?鈥� she said.聽

Hate crimes have increased during each of the last four presidential elections,

Cesilia Leiva from Argentina is 鈥渟truggling鈥� with perceptions, too. Leiva is one of 11,000 international students in the District of Columbia.

She said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 difficult because I am here studying, and I am paying for the program, and I鈥檓 paying for the place where I am living, and taxes, and everything, and it鈥檚 really weird when maybe people feel like you are going to take their job.鈥澛�

Leiva has a job with the Argentine government she will be returning to but international students in D.C. contribute over $500 million per year to the economy while in the country, according to the.

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鈥淭he outcome of the U.S. election has very far-reaching consequences, especially for countries like us,鈥� said Le.聽

Her family and students in Vietnam are closely following the election. She mentioned the 2023 , which covers a range of policies, including trade, public health, and addressing war legacies.聽

Trump is proposing a on all goods imported into the U.S., which would also affect Sangyub Ryu鈥檚 friends in South Korea.聽

Ryu is a visiting scholar at Georgetown University. In addition to being scared about hostility toward foreigners in general, prompted by the Trump campaign, Ryu also drew attention to defense in Korea. The Korean government is also worried about increasing the defense budget 鈥渂ecause Trump wants the government to pay more,鈥� he said.聽

Zaheereldeen said her friends and family in Syria follow the policies 鈥渆ven more sometimes than us in America. The efforts are very tangible there when you have [U.S.] soldiers in the country,鈥� she said of Syria.

While non-citizen residents can鈥檛 vote, they will watch the polls closely in America, along with their friends and families back home.