Speakers on the call, who offered tips for dealing with immigration authorities, did not expect such a huge turnout.

In the House, Yassamin Ansari, a Democratic representative from Arizona’s 3rd district, had already solidified her rising star status when she was voted the House Democrats’ freshman class president.

Rep.-elect Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) is likely to have a bright future in the Democratic Party and is already a rising star after her election as the freshman class president.

Newly sworn-in Members of Congress Republican Brandon Gill of Texas, Democrat Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Republican Riley Moore of West Virginia, and Democrat Adam Gray of California sit down with CNN’s Jake Tapper to discuss working across the aisle in the 119th Congress.

Arizona may have voted to send Donald Trump back to the White House, but voters in the state’s Third Congressional District also elected Yassamin Ansari, the first Iranian American Democrat to ever serve and the youngest new member of the incoming Congress.

Climate activist Yassamin Ansari of Arizona became the first Iranian-American Democrat elected to Congress.