Hello! I’m here with your regular reminder that Muslim-Americans aren’t Hamas and Jewish-Americans are not Israeli, have a hell of a lot more in common with other Americans than anyone on the other side of the world, and just want to live their lives as well as they can, safely.

Muslim-Americans and Jewish-Americans are not foreigners in America. The first Jews came to North America in 1654, escaping Spanish persecution. The first Muslim was brought to North America against his will as a slave in 1527. Jews and Muslims have been in America longer than many of the people who persecute them for being foreigners.