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Bay Area community of Afghan immigrants feels betrayed and uncertain in the wake of Trump's travel ban
As the Trump administration continues to bar citizens of over a dozen foreign nations, local immigrant communities have been left feeling frustrated and fearful.
The travel ban, which expands on Trump’s efforts to ban nationals from several predominantly Muslim countries in his first term, now includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic...Read more
After detainee release, US warns Americans: Don't travel to Venezuela
The U.S. State Department has urged Americans not to travel to Venezuela following the release of detained citizens, warning that travelers face the risk of being wrongfully held for extended periods.
The warning was posted Tuesday on the State Department’s social media accounts, four days after President Donald Trump’s administration ...Read more

Trump travel ban disrupting business trips for immigrants
MINNEAPOLIS — Art dealer Martin Akinseye travels to Africa at least four times each year to meet with artisans and buy art at fairs and festivals. He has a trip planned to Ghana and Liberia in September.
Like several other immigrant business owners at Midtown Global Market, a bustling international marketplace on Lake Street in Minneapolis, ...Read more

Separated from kids in Cuba and Haiti by Trump travel ban, parents plead for help
MIAMI — As Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits come to terms with what a new U.S. travel ban means for their families’ hopes to reunite, many have flocked to social media in anguish — including children — seeking help.
“President Trump, I ask you to please reconsider family reunification for residents,” said a 10-year-old in...Read more