When President Trump ordered the government on Jan. 27 to temporarily ban the citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries, chaotic scenes unfolded at America’s international airports. Distraught spouses waited while their husbands and wives sat in detention. Thousands of protesters massed around the terminals. Teams of lawyers mobilized to block deportations in court.
Across the world, Trump’s executive order short-circuited the lives of thousands of other people. The ban applies to people from seven countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Tens of thousands of people from those countries work, study, do business, or have family connections in the United States. The ban barred refugee families fleeing war from resettling in America. It stranded spouses on opposite sides of the globe. And above all it placed thousands of people’s plans on hold.
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