My wife and I are American-Syrian citizens. My wife's family lived through the worst of the Syrian Civil War. It became unlivable with concerns for safety, genocide, and lack of basic life necessities such as running water, electricity, gas, food and more. We have patiently waited for the immigration process to bring them over.

My mother-in-law got the green card fairly quickly and immediately applied for her daughter who was 17 at the time. My father-in-law just recently obtained his permanent residence after 2.3 years of waiting! And it was only because a federal judge in Hawaii struck down the ban that he was able to get it.

The last person left in my wife's family to immigrate is her now 21 year old sister who has never lived alone or left the country (except to neighboring Turkey). If she is not allowed to get the VISA, then she is stuck in Syria and our family will be separated as she cannot be left alone in Syria! We are praying she gets a waiver!