Pamela and Afshin Raghebi will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this December. But whether it's a joyful occasion or one marred by the pain of their ongoing forced separation depends on the outcome of the 3 November election.
Pamela and Afshin Raghebi will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this December - but whether it's a joyful occasion or one marred by the pain of their ongoing forced separation depends on the outcome of the 3 November election.
But the numbers don't tell the story of the families torn apart and lives uprooted because of a president who once declared"Islam hates us".The Raghebis met in the summer of 2010, when Pamela was working as a receptionist at a Seattle retirement home and Afshin, a glazier, was assigned there on a project.One day she approached him for a chat, they went on their first date, and were married by the end of that year.
"I felt like my country had divorced me from my husband," said Pamela - and the trauma has been compounded by mounting financial hardship.Some stories have had a happier ending following years of struggle, like that of Ramez Alghazzouli, 31, and his wife, 28-year-old Asmaa Khadem Al Arbaiin. Ramez, who has deep faith in America's institutions, began contacting his lawmakers, immigration officials and even the FBI and CIA to help get a waiver.Finally in October 2019, an email landed informing them Asmaa's visa had been cleared."You would think it's a miracle after fighting it that hard and that long," said Ramez.
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