A British father today told how his family, including nine children, were banned from flying to the US because they are Muslim.
Mohammad Tariq Mahmood, 41, his brother and their children, aged between eight and 19, were stopped at the departure gate at Gatwick airport by a UK Border Agency official and told their visas to the US had been revoked.
They were given no explanation why their ESTA visas, organised six weeks before the flight, were cancelled.
The ban comes just days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for all Muslims to be stopped from entering the US.
‘He finally said they had had a call from Washington DC from homeland security and that I wasn’t allowed to board. He wouldn’t tell me anything more.
‘I felt humiliated and my kids were tearful they were so upset. My son hasn’t left the house, he is so upset.
‘They need to check our backgrounds, check our accounts and check our businesses before they react like that. They can’t react like that just because we are Muslim.
‘We are decent people. My kids are obviously upset. They know why it happened and they know what is going on in the world.
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