Families separated by new Trump H-1B visa order frantic for answers

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Families separated by new Trump H-1B visa order frantic for answers
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LOS ANGELES: In early March, Poorva Dixit rushed to buy a ticket to India from the United States, her home for more than a decade, after she ...

Poorva Dixit and her Kaustubh Talathi pose for a photo with their children in San Francisco, California, U.S., in this undated handout photo. Poorva Dixit/Handout via REUTERSLOS ANGELES: In early March, Poorva Dixit rushed to buy a ticket to India from the United States, her home for more than a decade, after she learned her 72-year-old mother had fallen from her bed and was in critical condition.

"I've already lost my mother and I am being kept away from my motherhood as well," Dixit, who is staying with relatives in the outskirts of Mumbai, told Reuters."At this point my brain is just a fog."Dixit is one of nearly 1,000 people in India trapped in similar situations who joined a private group on the messaging app Telegram.

The ban, which comes into force on Wednesday, also applies to L visas used for international transfers of high-level employees, as well as different categories for seasonal workers and intern and trainee programs, in addition to accompanying family members. Dixit calls her children, sometimes for hours a day, trying to keep them occupied by reading books and singing songs so her husband can work. But she fears the separation will cause long-term psychological damage, especially for her younger daughter, who has grown frustrated with the phone calls. Her older daughter wrote above a family portrait on the fridge,"living sadly ever after.

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