Posted on 12/02/2020 3:54:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
One of President Donald Trump's earliest and most controversial moves was a travel ban on people from certain nations he said were deemed a security threat to the US. Joe Biden has promised this will be one of the first policies he reverses.
The ban - which now applies to 13 countries - has survived many legal challenges, but for some families it has meant years of separation.
Afkab Hussein is a Somalian lorry driver who has never lived with his sons.
When he first moved to Ohio in 2015, Afkab Hussein planned for his pregnant wife to join him the following year.
But while his wife and children now live in Kenya, they are Somali citizens - and Somalia was one of the countries on the travel ban.
Since he moved, he has only been able to pay a couple of very short visits to his family - and missed the births of his two young children.
"It's been a really tough few years. It's been really hard," he says. "I don't think I'll ever forget the last four years."
Ally Bolour, a lawyer with American Visas in California, says he is optimistic these families will be able to meet again, but argues that even before the travel ban young Muslim men like Mr Hussein faced discrimination in the US visa system.
"Before Trump, even during [the term of former president Barack] Obama," this was an issue, Mr Bolour says.
"Even people who go for consular processing for émigré visas can be subjected to sometimes years-long background checks if they're Muslim, if they're male, between certain ages and from certain countries.
Some argue that the ban is an effective counter-terrorism measure, but caught up in the visa refusals are also families who just want to be together.
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How many Muslim terror attacks in US the last couple of years?
Oh yeah.
None.
Has this guy considered relocating to Kenya?
oh boohoo.
BBC - British Ministry of Truth
CBC - Canadian Ministry of Truth
ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, PBS, VOA - vying for position in American Ministry of Truth
And I might never see my rights again!
Let’s get this straight.
He’s gone there a couple times’
She gets pregnant twice.....’a couple times’
But he prefers living here rather than being with his family.....
...and oh.....it is ‘our’ fault
Oh wait....she was pregnant when he left!
Sheeesh
How many of our military men have not been at the birth of their children because they are trying to protect us from terrorists!
My pity meter has run out!
I should not read this kind of set up.
Gets my blood pressure up in the morning!
And notice how it worked? We’ve had no terrorist attacks in 4 years
Gosh, I find myself just fresh out of tears for this guy’s sob story. Why not return to Somalia on a one-way ticket? There you can be reunited with your family.
Wait a minute. He left and missed the “births?” So they’re not twins? Then who’s the father of the youngest boy?
Afkab Hussein, tell us about Jewish people and Sharia Law.
Removing the Trump ban means we might finally see office towers go down in rubble again.
Because we need more Somalis here.
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