'They Took My Heart With Them': Yemeni Parents Stranded By Trump's Travel Ban
In Detroit, 6-year-old Albukhari Mohsin pushes a toy car across the floor of his uncle's living room. His sister Sara, 12, sits on the couch with their two brothers. Ahmed is eight and Muslim is just three.
"It's tiring," Sara said. As the oldest child, she's become the de-facto mother to her little brothers, especially the toddler. "I shower him, I dress him, I play with him."
They're living with relatives in the United States, parentless, because of the travel ban. A ban that became law one year ago.
On June 26, 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the third iteration of President Trump's that bars most people from seven countries from traveling to the United States. That version bans almost all immigrants, refugees and visa holders from Iran, Libya, Somalia,
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