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Acts Of Kindness Help Family Overcome Travel Ban

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Labed Al-Hanfy and his family in 2010 (Courtesy of Labed Al-Hanfy)
Labed Al-Hanfy and his family in 2010 (Courtesy of Labed Al-Hanfy)

When President Trump signed an executive order banning travel from seven majority-Muslim countries in January, one family in Portland, Maine, was watching every development with great concern.

They had arrived just three days earlier from Iraq, and now they waited, wondering if they’d ever again see the daughter they’d left behind. To them, her life was at stake. Erika Lantz (@ejlantz) and Matt Frassica (@mattfrassica) of Here & Now contributor Kind World (@WBURKindWorld) has more.

This segment aired on March 28, 2017.

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