This from an article. I know - sorry - but I'm shocked!! Green card holders have been granted permanent residency in the US!!! So their family, home, job, all of it, is in the US. They may have gone back home briefly for a family visit, or to attend a family member's funeral, and now may not get back into the country. This means many will not be able to leave the country to do that kind of thing. So wrong.
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Dr Trita Parsi, president of NIAC, tweeted: “Confirmed: Iran’s Asghar Farhadi won’t be let into the US to attend Oscars.”
NIAC said it had learned that a daughter of a greencard-holding Iranian family living in the US had been removed from her plane bound for the US from Dubai. After five hours of questioning she was allowed by Dubai officials to board another flight to the US.
Later, Parsi said on Twitter that he had learned of “another Iranian student with a multiple entry visa who was denied entry as she returned to the US from Europe”.
Parsi said it appeared that US border officials were deciding on whether green card holders could re-enter the US on a “case by case” basis which involved asking individuals about their political views. There were reports that some border officials were confused about their new instructions and unhappy about what was being asked of them.