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Travel Ban Close Family Member Includes Fiance

The government has just expanded the list of qualifying “close family members” for an exception to the travel ban to include a fiancé. The DOS released a cable yesterday implementing Trump’s executive order travel ban, which included spouses but not fiancés. The state of Hawaii may be litigating the government’s position, since a close family member does not include a grandparent, grandchild, cousin or niece or nephew.