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Michael Masri

Michael Masri is a Russian-Syrian-Ukrainian former business owner from St. Petersburg.

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Escaping Russia for the United States, via Mexico

Escaping Russia for the United States, via Mexico

New Lines speaks with Michael Masri — a young man from St. Petersburg who staked everything on a dangerous crossing through the Texas desert at the height of summer last year — about his journey and fear of retribution from Vladimir Putin's regime should his U.S. asylum claim fail.

Michael Masri,
Will Neal