ArmInfo.Alexis Ohanyan, the shareholder of Reddit News Portal. Came out with an open letter in respect to Donald Trump's Immigration ban.
In his statement Ohanyan called this ban anti American and non Constitutional. " After all, the United States is the country of immigrants. The fact thatwe have always welcomed immigrants and regugees was the advantage of our country. I am the son of migrants from Germany, who had no documents at all, and I am the great grandson of people who rescued Armenian genocide. A bit earlier than 100 years ago Turkish soldier decided that my great rand father is too young to die, so he killed his parents in front of his eyes, and sent him to orphans shelter. Many Armenians, like my grand mother, found their shelter in Syrian Aleppo. My great grandpa did not know English, but he worked hard and got a job at Endicott- Johnson Shoe Company in New York."
Ohanyan mentioned also that his grandfather was a volunteer during World War II, and married a migrant girl. "My ancestors were brave refugees, who had found their home in this country. I was always proud of living here in the country which gave a shelter to immigrants. There is no Me without them, and there is no Reddit without them. We are Americans. And we should be the symbol of freedom for those who need it," he mentioned adding that Reddit will keep on receiving all nationals at its digital community and at the office. He also offered to those nationals whose ancestors were immigrants, to share their stories in via Internet.