"Banned Grandmas of Instagram" fight DT's travel ban

[pnwmom]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/10/banned-grandmas-of-instagram-take-on-trump-over-travel-ban

When Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was implemented on 29 June, Holly Dagres wanted to express her solidarity with those affected.

The new rules meant citizens of six Muslim-majority countries were not allowed to enter the US without a “credible claim of a bona fide” or close relationship with a person or entity already in the US.

According to state department guidelines, the newly excluded groups included grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles and cousins of people in the US.

Dagres, an Iranian-American analyst and commentator on Middle East affairs who lives in Jerusalem, tweeted a photo of herself with her Iranian grandmother, who died in 2013, under the hashtag #GrandparentsNotTerrorists.

“Then a friend of mine started the Instagram account Banned Grandmas to keep the momentum and remind people that this ban is ongoing and ridiculous,” Dagres said. “I curate the photos, she posts and captions them.”

SNIP

[Gothmog]

1. The Trump Muslim ban does not consider grandparents to be close relatives

[pnwmom]

2. Right. That's what these Grandmas are fighting. n/t