The ban, put in place just a week after Trump took office in January 2017, sparked an international outcry from Muslim advocates and others who said it was rooted in religious bias.

The team will fly from the U.K. to Seattle just hours before a new ban on travel from Britain to the U.S. comes into effect.

A day-by-day review of the spread of an unfamiliar virus from its earliest days shows U.S. officials have often been slow to respond or steps behind.

They rejected Trump's suggestion that Europe is not doing enough to combat COVID-19, saying that the 27-nation bloc "is taking strong action to limit the spread of the virus.''

Some of those affected are close relatives of refugees who are already in the U.S., while others are from 11 countries, including Egypt, Iran and Somalia, that Trump singled out, citing security reasons.

Shahab Dehghani, who attends Northeastern University, and Reihana Emami Arandi, who had been set to start classes at Harvard University, filed separate complaints with the agency's civil rights office.

The expanded ban could cover several countries that were included when Donald Trump announced the first iteration of the ban by executive order but were later removed amid rounds of litigation.

“We are heartbroken. We had to say goodbye to our baby, the light of our lives.”

Shaima Swileh was unable to visit her dying son in California because of a travel ban put in place by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Abdullah Hassan was born with hypomyelination, a genetic brain disorder that has slowly taken away his ability to walk and talk. He is not expected to make it to his third birthday.