Mo Farah: Donald Trump Made Me an Alien

Mo Farah does not want to have to explain to his children that he may not be able to come home. Farah, a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, lives in Oregon where he raises a family, pays taxes, and trains.

Farah is a Nike athlete and lives in Beaverton where he trains.

The problem is that while he lives here, he is a British citizen who is originally from Mogadishu in Somalia - one of the seven countries targeted by President Trump's executive order limiting travel to the United States.

"On 1st January this year, Her Majesty The Queen made me a Knight of the Realm," he wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday from Ethiopia where he training.

"On 27th January, President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien. I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home.

"Now, me and many others like me are being told that we may not be welcome. It’s deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home - to explain why the President has introduced a policy that comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice."

Farah says he was welcome into Britain as a refuge when he was eight-years-old "and given the chance to succeed and realise my dreams. I have been proud to represent my country, win medals for the British people and receive the greatest honour of a knighthood."

His three Gold Medals are the most ever won by a British track and field athlete. For that, on January 1 of this year, Farah was made a Knight of the Realm by Queen Elizabeth II.

"My story is an example of what can happen when you follow polices of compassion and understanding, not hate and isolation," Farah wrote.

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