had referred several dozen cases to the offices of the United States attorneys, which in turn decided to prosecute only two. Other Yemeni-Americans found themselves grounded in the United States, unable to travel. “They are United States citizens. The United States has for years treated this lack of strong documentation as a harbinger of fraud. But after he became a United States citizen in 1995, he started bringing his children to Hamtramck, one after another.

Source: New York Times December 19, 2018 10:07 UTC