As Trump’s ban quietly came into effect last month,US citizens and residents saw loved ones’ approved visas suddenly denied – with no cessation in sight Five-year-mature Gamila Almansoob has asked the same question for years: “When are we going to daddy?” Each time, the Yemeni girl’s mother gives the same reply: “When we get the paperwork.” Gamila’s father, and Ramy Almansoob,a US citizen, moved to Virginia in 2015 with the hopes that his wife and three daughters could soon follow and escape their war-torn home country. After a lengthy vetting process, and the visas were approved on 4 December 2017. That same day,however, the US supreme court ruled that Donald Trump’s travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries, and including Yemen,could fade into effect. Related: The invisible wall: how Trump is slowing immigration without laying a brick All she’s telling me is, ‘I want you to be by my side.’ Its heartbreaking Related: The supreme court upheld bigotry before. Its Muslim ban ruling does it again | Moustafa Bayoumi Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com