Laura Barron-Lopez:
This ban potentially affects thousands of people, including a young girl from Afghanistan. And we’re calling her Saira, blurring her face and altering her voice to protect her identity for her safety.
She spoke to producer Zeba Warsi from Peshawar in neighboring Pakistan, where she traveled from — for her U.S. visa appointment. And now she doesn’t know where to go.
Saira, Student from Afghanistan: As an Afghan student, we cannot study in our country. I waited for one year to complete this process. The applying for a university in the United States is not easy.
