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To overcome travel

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NEW YORK (AP) — Moham- his wife and 10-year-old
med Hafar paced around son started rebuilding their
the airport terminal — first lives in Bloomfield, New Jer-
to the monitor to check sey, with no clear idea of
flight arrivals, then to the when the family would be
gift shop and lastly to the together again.
doors where international “Every time I speak to her,
passengers were exiting. she ask, ‘When are they go-
At last, out came Jana Ha- ing to give me the visa?’”
far, his tall, slender, dark- the elder Hafar said, recall-
haired teen daughter who ing the days of uncertainty
had been forced by Presi- that took up the better part
dent Donald Trump’s travel of this year.
ban to stay behind in Syria In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, photo, Mohammed Hafar buys a gift for his daughter Jana Hafar
for months while her father, Continued on Next Page while waiting for her flight at JFK Airport in New York.
Associated Press