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Amin Karbasi, a research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, said he may have to leave his \"dream\" job in order to be with his family. He recently returned to the U.S. after traveling to Iran to see his wife and 7-month-old daughter.

Karbasi had traveled to Iran with his family months ago, but they remained there while he came back to the U.S. for the start of a program at U.C. Berkeley. He had plans to go back to Iran next month to celebrate the Persian new year and bring his wife and newborn daughter back to the states with him when he returned.

Both he and his wife are green card holders, and his daughter is a U.S. citizen.

\"It is shocking,\" Karbasi said of the order. \"I always thought American people as extremely open and warm and kind and that has been constantly my experience in the last two and half years in the country.\"

Karbasi said his \"home\" is in the U.S. Just the thought of finding another place is \"hurting\" him, he said.

ABC News' Paulina Tam contributed to this report.

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