A British Muslim teacher has been denied entry to the United States, despite a suspension of Donald Trump’s travel ban.
Juhel Miah, 25, a maths teacher from Swansea, had planned to visit the country as part of a school trip. They were about to take off from Reykjavik in Iceland when he was removed from the plane.
Miah, who had valid visa documentation, was escorted from the plane by security personnel. “Everyone was looking at me,” Miah said. “As I was getting my luggage the teachers and kids were confused. I couldn’t believe this was happening. I was being escorted out. It made me feel like a criminal. I couldn’t speak, I was lost for words.”
This comes after a US appeals court upheld a decision to suspend Donald Trump’s executive order. Trump had tried to impose a temporary ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the US.
The school trip went ahead as planned, but without Miah, who flew back to the UK.
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