New Rule on Travel Ban Says Only “Very Close” Family Will be Granted Visas

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Source: Washington Post

New guidelines on the travel ban will go into effect tonight (Thursday), as the State Department developed rules on immigration that for six Muslim countries would only grant visas to persons who are “close family” members or covered by a workplace or university.

Close family members, as defined by officials, include parents, spouses, siblings or children, but do not include “extended” family, such as grandparents.

“Several nonprofit groups that help resettle refugees said they might claim a ‘bona fide’ relationship that could allow some people to be admitted who otherwise would not qualify,” reported the Washington Post.

The new rule has been widely condemned, as many refugees who seek shelter in the U.S. are children who have been left without family because of war, and therefore have no “close family” or relationships with U.S. citizens.

Read full story at: Washington Post

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