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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 10:02 PM Jan 2017

'It's Tearing Families Apart'

Jared Malsin
1:51 PM EST

... Amer Arab .. grew up in the Palestinian refugee district of Yarmouk, in Damascus. Arab has lived in Turkey since 2003, and since 2010 has been married to an American woman ... Arab applied in October to emigrate to the US ... “That ruins all our plans,” he said of the expected visa ban. “For me, I could probably live here longer, but I’m worried for the safety of my wife. She’s an American citizen. The reason we decided to leave the country this year is because of what’s happening in Turkey. It’s becoming more and more dangerous. She’s basically stuck here because of me” ...

Beheshteh Farshneshani .. is planning to hold her wedding at a private estate overlooking the Pacific in Malibu ... Raised in America since the age of five, Farshneshani planned to invite 12 relatives from Iran to attend the wedding ... Then on Jan. 24, news broke of Trump’s expected plan, ending any hope that they’ll be able to attend the ceremony ...


http://time.com/4649876/donald-trump-visa-ban-executive-order-lives/

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