Opinion: Trump’s policies are turning Iranian Americans into second-class citizens

Opinion: Trump’s policies are turning Iranian Americans into second-class citizens
Elaine Thompson/AP
Source: The Washington Post

If you immigrated from Iran, you can expect to be held at the border.

Second-Class Citizens

Iranians were among the first groups of people targeted by President Trump’s travel ban, which barred citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. More than half of the people denied visas under the ban were Iranians.

Now, though, Customs and Border Protection officials are also cracking down on people with ties to Iran — including U.S. citizens in good standing who came here from the country, in some cases many years ago.

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