With the Donald Trump Muslim ban in place, a 29-year-old mom from Missouri is forced to accept the inevitable. She could be giving birth without her Iraqi husband by her side as the executive order laid out by President Donald Trump bars him from entering the United States.
Rachel Adrian, who works as a nurse, is due to give birth at any time in her hometown in Saint Joseph, Missouri. She met her husband, Hoger Ameen, while doing relief work in the Middle East region and Iraq was where she chose to temporarily settle down with him three years ago.
Rachel, however, moved back home in July 2016 when the couple agreed to raise kids in the United States. Hoger's spousal visa paperwork has been under process for the last two years and it was almost complete when Trump's Muslim ban happened.
"As soon as we heard the news about the ban, all of our hope was gone," Hoger told People. Now, instead of flying to the U.S. to be with his wife during the delivery, he's not even sure if he's going to ever meet his soon-to-be-born son named Aland face-to-face.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad advised Hoger that his visa application has been stalled. The couple is also not sure when the processing will resume or if they have to go through another round of paperwork with even more difficulty.
According to Fox 2 Now, Rachel and her husband are devastated by the turn of events. The mom-to-be, however, reached out to President Trump to express her sentiment. "Sorry @realDonaldTrump there is one little Iraqi Kurd you can't stop from coming into this country. #RefugeesWelcome #RefugeeBan #MuslimBan," Rachel wrote on Twitter.
Since Trump's Muslim ban took effect, families have had to deal with the fallout. Protesters call the executive order as an insult and an attack against citizen's rights but the new government believes this is the best way to protect America.
