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‘Your Visa Is Approved,’ They Were Told. And Then It Wasn’t.

Yemeni-Americans protest in Lower Manhattan against the Trump administration's travel ban on Dec. 27, 2017. Hundreds of Yemeni citizens waiting in Djibouti were hoping to join their families in the U.S., but their visa approvals abruptly turned to rejections after the third version of the travel ban went into effect on Dec. 8. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)