GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad was enjoying some All-Star break R&R in Turks and Caicos when news of President Trump’s executive order on immigration from Friday reached the sunny archipelago southeast of the Bahamas.
Zibanejad, a native of Sweden, has an Iranian-born father who lives in the United States. Even though Zibanejad has a Swedish passport, he was concerned enough about his ability to re-enter the U.S. that he reached out to immigration lawyers before flying home — without incident — Sunday night.
“Obviously, I miss Sweden, but I don’t want to go back just yet,” Zibanejad said Monday as the Rangers reconvened for practice before they host Columbus Tuesday night.