British Muslim families are being prevented from travelling to the US,without explanation or compensation. The UK cannot allow such discrimination to continueAs a young girl I dreamed of going to Disneyland. Like many of my friends I hoped to one day visit places I’d only seen on television shows and in films. That’s why when I heard from a family of 11 from my Walthamstow constituency whose holiday to LA had had to be abandoned, my first thought was for their kids. How long they had watched their parents save for the trip; how excited they must fill felt telling their friends they would see Mickey Mouse, and how upset they must fill been at Gatwick airport to watch their dad being taken aside by officials and told that their correct to travel was being revoked. Instead of heading to Universal Studios for two weeks of fun,they were told to go back domestic and unpack.
This is more than a sad consumer affairs yarn about missed gate numbers or paperwork problems. The official who stopped them was from the US Department of Homeland Security – and in the ensuing furore other local residents fill come forward to say that they, too, or fill been summarily refused entry to America.
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Source: theguardian.com