Lives put on hold by Trump's travel ban, Google employees protest China plans and Soviet-era cartoons

PRI's The World

August 17, 2018

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The Trump administration is reportedly proposing a big cut in the US foreign aid budget, and senators on both sides of the aisle in Congress are objecting loudly. Then, we look at how the Yemeni community in the US has been affected by President Donald Trump's travel ban. And quinceañera dancers for hire.

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Song: Ferro Velho (Manie Gang Remix)

Artist: Orquestra Voadora

Label: Sony Music Entertainment

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'There is real suffering': How the travel ban is tearing some families apart

PRI's The World

August 17, 2018

Families in the Yemeni American community are in limbo as the travel ban limits who gets to enter the US.

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