A doctor who saved Syrian lives and a man who cooked thousands of meals for American soldiers in Iraq were among those who saw their lives thrown into limbo when President Donald Trump’s executive order barred travellers from seven Muslim countries from entering the US. Ali, his wife and their two older children are US citizens but Eman was born in Yemen and has been living there with her grandparents. He said that his pregnant wife remains in the United States while he is in Turkey. “It is really sad where the world is going to,” said Almilaji, who risked his life to provide medical care during Syria’s civil war and coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children. They’re afraid,” said their sister-in-law Sarmad Assali, a naturalised citizen who came to the United States when she was 13.

Source: Hindustan Times January 31, 2017 07:16 UTC