Many times - I live in Queens. The only way my kids will be able to afford to stay in this city one day is if we build a lot more housing though, so I’m afraid your aesthetic preferences (and home value, if you own) will have to take a backseat for the next few decades.
A complete ban on trade with Iran and any nation that continues to trade with him. The immediate arrest of every Iranian government official we can get our hands on. The list goes on.
Relative to what came before it, sure. People came to America to escape monarchs, empires, thousands of years of religious strife, etc. and in many cases built new, better lives for themselves.