At a espresso store in northern Virginia, you will discover a style of the Center East.
However President Trump’s journey ban has turned the stomachs of the proprietor and her employees.
Layla Atik is from Yemen, her workers are from Afghanistan and Eritrea, three of the 12 nations on the restricted record.
“I see firsthand the struggles that my own colleagues go through, and they’re very hard-working people,” Layla advised me.
“So, coming here, they’re adding value to this economy. They’re not coming here and causing trouble or anything,” she added.
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Atefeh Aslami worries the Taliban will ‘kill’ her household in the event that they return to Afghanistan
Atefeh Aslami, who works within the cafe, fled from Afghanistan however now fears she will not be granted asylum in America.
“If I go back to Afghanistan, the Taliban will kill us,” she mentioned.
“My children don’t want to go back to Afghanistan, especially my girl, who will not be allowed to go to school.
“It is a matter of life for me, for my husband, for my youngsters, for all of us.”
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This espresso store in northern Virginia has three workers from nations on President Trump’s restricted record
Pouring from a cezve, a Turkish espresso pot, her Afghan colleague Zahir Moradi mentioned: “If someone is trying to come here… it’s because they need help, because they want to live a better life, that’s it.”
A wall, emblazoned in gold with the phrases “life begins”, kinds the backdrop to an unlimited array of Center Japanese espresso and pastries.
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However this 2025 model of Trump’s 2017 ‘Muslim ban’ turns the so-called American dream right into a nightmare for tens of millions across the globe.
President Trump claimed final weekend’s firebomb assault in Boulder, Colorado, justified new journey restrictions.
However a Vietnam veteran, consuming espresso together with his household on the cafe in Virginia, did not consider the newest ban would make America safer.
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He mentioned: “I’m a firm believer in allowing immigration, and I think it’s terrible that we’re deporting people that really have never done anything wrong.
“They only occurred to be within the fallacious place on the fallacious time, they get picked up by ICE (Immigration Compliance and Enforcement), and off they go.”
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His nephew, seated beside him, advised me those that suppose the journey ban is about safety have been “misguided”.
“I think you fear what you don’t understand,” he mentioned.
Once I requested what the administration would not perceive, he replied: “Other cultures.”
