Iraqi translators

Fuad Sharef Suleman and his family push their belongings after returning to Iraq from Egypt

Americans fought for an Iraqi family turned back by Trump’s order — and won

January 31, 2017Global Politics

A 19-year-old Iraqi Kurd and his family were prevented from coming to the US by President Donald Trump’s immigration order. Now they are cleared for entry, and as the family regroups, friends and strangers in America are rallying to their support.

Ibrahim Esmael Ibrahim at the train station in Idomeni, Greece. As a teenager, he worked as a translator with the US military in Iraq.

An Iraqi translator for the US military is now stuck in Greece

March 24, 2016Conflict