Many Indian-American families separated due to US travel ban
Certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the ban, according to the US State Department.
By PTI| Posted by Sakina Fatima | Published: 5th May 2021 1:20 pm IST Representational Image
Washington: Several families in the US find themselves separated from their loved ones more than 13,000 kms away across two continents as the Biden administration’s ban on travellers from India in view of the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country has come into effect.
In some cases, the main earning member of the family has been left stranded in India, with no way to rejoin their spouses and kids in the US while in some other instances, mothers have been separated from their young children as one of the unintended consequences of the travel ban announced by President Joe Biden last week.