But Hassan is from Damascus, Syria. And Friday, he had his
hopes crushed through no fault of his own. When President Trump signed the executive order on
immigration, temporarily banning citizens from certain
Muslim-majority countries, Syria was one of the seven.
``Now Trump's orders will prevent me from going there,'' he
told CNN. ``My dreams are basically ruined.''
Hassan had been looking forward to his journey to the
Cambridge campus in the fall. He says he had been offered a
scholarship. He's read and reread that letter from MIT dozens of times.
``Dear Mahmoud, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it
is my pleasure to offer you admission to the MIT Class of
2021!
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