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Stranded Yemenis, thousands of others stand to lose 'golden ticket' to U.S.
al Reuters ^ | July 31, 2017 | by Riham Alkousaa

Posted on 07/31/2017 11:58:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Yemen is urging the U.S. government to take in dozens of Yemenis who traveled to Malaysia in recent months expecting to immigrate to the United States, only to find themselves stranded by President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban.

The Supreme Court ruling sharply limited the number of people affected by the ban. Largely unreported has been the fate of one group - thousands of citizens of the six countries who won a randomized U.S. government lottery last year that enabled them to apply for a so-called green card granting them permanent residence in the United States.

In a stroke of bad luck for the lottery winners, the 90-day travel ban will expire on Sept. 27, just three days before their eligibility for the green cards expires. Given the slow pace of the immigration process, the State Department will likely struggle to issue their visas in time.

It is unclear exactly how many lottery winners are now caught up in the travel ban, which affects Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, but in 2015, more than 10,000 people from the six countries won the lottery, and 4,000 of them eventually got visas.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; globalism; refugeeresettlement; refugees; tyranny; yemen
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1 posted on 07/31/2017 11:58:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The United States is not a LOTTERY game.
Stranded works for me. GO Trump!


2 posted on 07/31/2017 12:00:10 PM PDT by Tac Double Tap (I'd rather die standing than on my knees begging.)
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We don’t need any Yemenis, we filled up on Somalis.


3 posted on 07/31/2017 12:00:34 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Send them home.

No golden tickets for anyone.


4 posted on 07/31/2017 12:02:31 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Yemenis are on par with Pakistan.


5 posted on 07/31/2017 12:03:16 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Send them to Europe they love refugees!!!!


6 posted on 07/31/2017 12:05:54 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Send them to Europe they love refugees!!!!


7 posted on 07/31/2017 12:06:20 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Back to Yemen with ye!


8 posted on 07/31/2017 12:11:07 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We have enough home-grown feces to deal with.


9 posted on 07/31/2017 12:12:23 PM PDT by VietVet876
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Send them back to Yemen.....it’s not like they are stateless.


10 posted on 07/31/2017 12:17:07 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan - these are the most violent, corrupt, illiterate, inbred places in the world. And yes - their culture travels with them.

These people, for the most part, should not be allowed out of their own countries, much less into the United States.


11 posted on 07/31/2017 12:17:12 PM PDT by PGR88
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No, let them stay in Malaysia. No more Islamic terrorists to the US. If the truly renounce Islam and Sharia, maybe consider them for temporary asylum while waiting to relocate elsewhere.


12 posted on 07/31/2017 12:19:54 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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Hey - Why doesn’t Yemen take them?


13 posted on 07/31/2017 12:22:17 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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“And yes - their culture travels with them.

These people, for the most part, should not be allowed out of their own countries, much less into the United States.”

Amen to that. I couldn’t have said it better.


14 posted on 07/31/2017 12:24:21 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Rurudyne

Charlie and The Jihadi Factory.


15 posted on 07/31/2017 12:34:11 PM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That “random” drawing immigrant process needs to be flushed down the toilet and NEVER resurrected again. It only serves as a means for Ted Kennedy to continue to degrade our nation from the grave.


16 posted on 07/31/2017 12:34:44 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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but in 2015, more than 10,000 people from the six countries won the lottery, and 4,000 of them eventually got visas."

2015...2015...Why was 2015 significant?

Oh, that's right, our first...and last mohammaden pRESIDENT and his minions were still going full bore jihad against these United States.

17 posted on 07/31/2017 12:44:15 PM PDT by Eagles6
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I left two amusement parks recently because they were overrun with foreign born Muslims. They don’t even try to assimilate or “make nice.” I have a deep loathing hatred for these invading cockroaches.


18 posted on 07/31/2017 12:44:17 PM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You’re Obama Outta Luck, Big Media.

I remember when you cared NOTHING for stranded Yazidis because they were Christian.


19 posted on 07/31/2017 12:45:16 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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You’re right but i have to say its refreshing to have a government ask. So many we try to deport and can’t because their countries won’t take them back. This is the opposite but at least they’re doing it the right way.


20 posted on 07/31/2017 12:48:43 PM PDT by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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