DEARBORN, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud spoke to CNN on Thursday while President Joe Biden visited Saginaw.

Biden is trying to shore up support in the swing state and among Arab-American voters after an group of Democrat voters in the state voted “uncommitted” in the presidential primary over his position on the Israel-Hamas war.

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Recent census data shows people of Middle Eastern or North African ancestry make up 54.5% of Dearborn’s population, making the ethnic group the majority for the first time.