After 15 months, he returned to America and told reporters that leaving the U.S. had been the “dumbest thing I’ve ever done.” Before leaving the Netherlands, Arc shared his experiences at Ter Apel with several media outlets. It took life in a European refugee camp for Arc to discover just how much freedom and security he had left behind in Trump’s America. And I left, man, I left California. Transgender man who fled the U.S. over Trump’s trans policies RETURNS to America after fearing for his safety in Arab refugee camp.