Palestinians seeking US refuge face a Kafkaesque nightmare. Trump could make it even worse

Gaza has been besieged for 14 months, but the US has hardly accepted any refugees

Ali Aljamal came to the US from the Gaza Strip in September 2023 as a 15-year-old exchange student through the Yes program, a competitive scholarship run by the state department.

“My goodbye to Gaza was not enough,” said Ali, speaking over the phone from Redding, California. An eager and organized young man – Ali was the youngest in his cohort – he was so keen to have “a breather from the war zone environment in Gaza” that he didn’t say goodbye to the beach or his friends before coming to the US.

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