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Demonstrators protest President Donald Trump's travel ban outside Philadelphia International Airport.

This Trump voter is stunned to find her Syrian relatives deported

Conflict

Sarmad Assali, an Orthodox Christian in Allentown, Pennsylvania, supported Donald Trump for president. She was stunned this weekend when his refugee and immigration restrictions meant her relatives were deported back to Damascus.

Deportees arrive at the Monsignor Romero international airport in San Salvador.

Here’s how undocumented families might prepare for a worst-case scenario

Justice
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