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reporter: yasin teru understands how important it is to feel welcome. in 2011 he fled syria and came to the united states. here to knoxville, tennessee as a refugee. he struggled to find work and to find a sense of community. okay. so i have to crease my own work. was very minimum cost. and there was the idea to make sandwiches. so i decide to start with falafel sandwiches at our moss sxk start from there. reporter: the sandwiches were so popular at the moss thak it spurred a business. but yassin soon faced another hurdle. accepting credit cards. for someone like me who doesn t have perfect english to make contracts, working with square was very clear and easy. reporter: fast forward a few years and his business is growing. and today s a big day for yassin. his friends, family, customers are all gathered to welcome a special guest. jack dorsey, the founder of both twitter and square, the payment system used by yassin and lots of businesses like his. square has always stood
friends, family, customers are all gathered to welcome a special guest. jack dorsey the founder of both twitter and square, the payment system used by yassin and lots of businesses like his. square also stood for inclusion. when we started the company almost eight years ago now, one of the things we found were that people were being blocked from participating in the economy because they couldn t accept credit cards because they couldn t go through a credit check or they were denied for whatever reason. yassin s story is part of a film series produced by square, profiling business owner who s use its platform. this last year has been hard on me and my family. it s like are we still welcome here? his story has never been more timely. donald trump essentially blocked syrian refugees from coming in to the united states. how do you feel when you see this? it s very sad. but at the same time, i think we have to think positivetively.
we have to change his ideas. we have to work more, show more love for this community and we are sure this community will get the love back to us. jack, you re a tech founder in silicon valley which is a place where emigration has helped pave the way for some of the biggest companies. you know, do you worry that some of the immigration policies put forward will impact innovation? we benefit from immigration. we benefit from diversity and we benefit in including mor people because we see different perspectives. you know, the goal of the companies that we build in san francisco and new york and anywhere within this country is to have global impact and to have global impact, you need to really understand the world. and to understand the world, you need to have people from all over the world inside your companies. yassin s success has provided jobs for three other refugees like him. is this, you know, your version of the american dream? oh, yeah, yes. you believe in the american
inclusivity and inclusion. when we started the company almost eight years ago now, one of the things we found were that people were being blocked from participating in the economy because they couldn t accept credit cards, because they couldn t go through a credit check or they were denied for whatever reason. reporter: yassin s story is part of a film series produced by square profiling business owners who use its platform. this last year has been hard on me and my family. it s like are we still welcome here? reporter: his story has never been more timely. donald trump has essentially blocked syrian refugees from coming into the united states. how do you feel when you see this? it s very sad. but in the same times i think we have to talk a little bit positively, we have to change these ideas. we have to work more, show more love for this community. and we are sure this community will get the love back to us. jack, you re a tech founder in silicon valley, which is a place w