The office of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez May 24 said that the senator, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, celebrated the safe return of Indian American New Jersey resident Ashu Mahajan within weeks of him being told he would be trapped in India and unable to see his wife and daughters until 2022, due to tightening COVID-19 restrictions.Â
Menendez and his staff played an instrumental role in reuniting Mahajan with his family and are actively assisting other New Jersey constituents in similar situations as the coronavirus outbreak worsens in India, the release said.
âHaving the family separated for so long would not only be a tremendous hardshipâit would jeopardize the very job that makes Ashuâs H1-B status and his familyâs life here in America possible,â Menendez said in a statement.