Tears, despair and shattered hopes: the families torn apart by Trump's travel ban

January 8, 2018
The Guardian

...For applicants in Yemen, which is experiencing a major cholera outbreak amid a violent conflict, the “hardship” is clear, said Ibraham Qatabi, a Yemeni American activist with the Center for Constitutional Rights. Yemenis who are now being denied have already gone through years of “extreme vetting” and are simply trying to live with close relatives who are American citizens, he said.

“This administration is saying US citizens from a certain class aren’t allowed to bring their children. It’s basically legalizing discrimination.”...

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