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Indian-American immigrant Aqueela Khuddus, 63, explains to a group of about 30 people how welcoming Americans were when she emigrated to the U.S. about 50 years ago. The director of a nonprofit organization, the Khadija Foundation, was one of five speakers at the Rally Against Fascism and Xenophobia held on the Plaza of the Americas on Monday night.