Iranian Americans, Livid Over Trump Visa Ban, to Get Their Day in Court

April 17, 2017

President Donald Trump’s attempts to impose a visa ban on a set of majority-Muslim countries has sparked unusual anger and activism among a wealthy, highly educated group that generally avoids U.S. politics: Iranian Americans.

Now, they’re about to get their day in court, winning the first chance to present in-person testimony against the travel ban. Leaders of groups fighting the travel restrictions plan to use the opportunity to detail how students, medical researchers and others coming to America from Iran could be disproportionately hurt by Trump’s executive order.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-travel-ban-iran-237233