Serving coffee in America, under fear of death from the Taliban in Afghanistan

At a java store successful bluish Virginia, you'll find a sensation of the Middle East.

But President Trump's question ban has turned the stomachs of the proprietor and her staff.

Layla Atik is from Yemen, her employees are from Afghanistan and Eritrea, 3 of the 12 countries connected the restricted list.

"I spot firsthand the struggles that my ain colleagues spell through, and they're precise hard-working people," Layla told me.

"So, coming here, they're adding worth to this economy. They're not coming present and causing occupation oregon anything," she added.

Atefeh Aslami, who works successful the cafe, fled from Afghanistan but present fears she won't beryllium granted asylum successful America.

"If I spell backmost to Afghanistan, the Taliban volition termination us," she said.

"My children don't privation to spell backmost to Afghanistan, particularly my girl, who volition not beryllium allowed to spell to school.

"It's a substance of beingness for me, for my husband, for my children, for each of us."

Pouring from a cezve, a Turkish java pot, her Afghan workfellow Zahir Moradi said: "If idiosyncratic is trying to travel here… it's due to the fact that they request help, due to the fact that they privation to unrecorded a amended life, that's it."

A wall, emblazoned successful golden with the words "life begins", forms the backdrop to a immense array of Middle Eastern java and pastries.

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But this 2025 mentation of Trump's 2017 'Muslim ban' turns the alleged American imagination into a nightmare for millions astir the globe.

President Trump claimed past weekend's firebomb onslaught successful Boulder, Colorado, justified caller question restrictions.

But a Vietnam veteran, drinking java with his household astatine the cafe successful Virginia, didn't judge the latest prohibition would marque America safer.

He said: "I'm a steadfast believer successful allowing immigration, and I deliberation it's unspeakable that we're deporting radical that truly person ne'er done thing wrong.

"They conscionable happened to beryllium successful the incorrect spot astatine the incorrect time, they get picked up by ICE (Immigration Compliance and Enforcement), and disconnected they go."

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His nephew, seated beside him, told maine those who deliberation the question prohibition is astir information were "misguided".

"I deliberation you fearfulness what you don't understand," helium said.

When I asked what the medication doesn't understand, helium replied: "Other cultures."