{"id":9295,"date":"2026-06-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2026-06-14T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:00:00","slug":"trump-visa-ban-tahiri-family-afghanistan-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=9295","title":{"rendered":"An Afghan Family Shattered by Trump\u2019s Visa Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"site-content\">\n<div>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->An Afghan Family Shattered by Trump\u2019s Visa Ban<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<header class=\"css-1toh36x\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1331l0f\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.3.0-CnxAEwcy.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.3.0-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.3.0-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><img data-testid=\"betamax-poster\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_poster_13tnt_20\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.3.0-BN-qu2gk.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/share-button-0.3.0-D-DYLZRI.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1r2245g\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">Over the past year, policies restricting people from 39 countries \u2014 including Afghanistan \u2014 from entering or living in the U.S. have cast countless lives into limbo. 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