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An Iceland Air flight crew arrives on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 29, 2017.

The new travel ban about to go into effect ‘is redefining what a family is’

Global Politics

President Trump’s crackdown on travel to the US from six majority-Muslim countries had been held up in court since the early days of the new administration. This week, the Supreme Court allowed parts of it to move ahead, but said people with “bona fide relationships” in the US could still enter the country. The revised restrictions go into effect Thursday.

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