They sought revenge. They
burned down Marcolla's house, kidnapped her father and
murdered her husband. Fearing for her life, she applied for a US visa. And in
2013, after seven years of waiting, she received the
permission she had been waiting for. But Marcolla had to
leave her parents and siblings behind, even though she says
they too were in danger because of her service with US
troops. She says she tries to talk with her family in Baghdad
daily. ``Every day their lives are in danger,'' she says.
``They have to change their address, move from place to
place. They live in the unknown.''
Marcolla is worried that the refugee ban proposed Wednesday
means her parents and siblings will never reach American
soil.
``We already been in extreme vetting,'' she says. ``I
understand and I respect the US rules and the safety and
national security. . . . I understand that and I respect
that. However, there are people in Iraq who have a long
history of supporting America in Iraq and Afghanistan--the
linguists, the translators--they deserve and they need their
papers to be expedited.''
These are the people Donald Trump is keeping out of America.
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