Niaz, who lives in Rochester, New York, returned to the US from Canada on Saturday after visiting friends in Toronto. “They got my phone and went back inside and it took them another hour to check everything possible in my phone. She said she ended up in a room with other people with visa ban issues after a secondary evaluation on her American passport was required. Iraq’s foreign affairs committee filed a request that its own government respond with a visa ban. Students travelling abroad at the time of the ban are horrified that they might not be able to return to continue their studies.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2017 19:00 UTC