After a federal appeals court early Sunday denied an initial request by the Trump administration to reinstate its controversial travel ban, a crush of people stranded in legal limbo rushed to fly back to the United States during the temporary stay. A judge in a lower federal court had put a temporary stop to the travel ban. On Saturday, after a Seattle judge halted they travel ban, Fadul tried to board a plane in Khartoum. She and her husband knew that a crackdown on immigration from Middle Eastern countries was likely when Trump took office. “Usually when I travel, she asks me to overstay a little bit, stay with her a little bit,” Sinha said.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2017 17:20 UTC