Reuters: “All I can do is pray”: A family in limbo as U.S. slows refugee admissions
She had been waiting since applying to the U.S. government in 2015 to bring over her three boys from Uganda, but their cases faced hold-ups in refugee processing under the Trump administration. On Sept. 22, the youngest of the three teenagers – Abdiaziz – died suddenly from a brain infection.
With many of the migrant stories focused on the Mexican border, it’s easy to forget there are refugees from several other countries being impacted by Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. This is a tragic account of a mother from Uganda who will never see one of her children again.
