Unlike other relatives and friends, these family members have survived, but only barely.
(As of Friday, last she heard, her family member is still alive.)
Sometimes, there have been days when she cant reach them.
People protest the Muslim travel ban in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on June 26, 2018.MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
I just feel paralyzed, she tellsRolling Stone, fighting back tears and at times wailing.
I cant die; they all need me!
I need to be not selfish, and keep going.
citizensor green card holders from the carnage in Gaza, and bring them to the United States.
Some have made it all the way to American soil on temporary status.
She continues: Its these small, little things that the average public doesnt even know about.
Last time, it was death-by-a-thousand-paper-cuts tiny policy [and] legal changes.
In other pictures, its impossible to not see the dread and misery in her eyes.
Alaydi says that her niece dreams of growing up to become a doctor.
She loves to color and also enjoys making necklaces and bracelets for other small children just like her.
I have promised her, Im getting you out, Alaydi says.
And Ive promised her Id get her hamburgers.
She is so strong and so sweet.
I dont want to fail her, but I dont know what to do.
Asked what she would say if Trump or incoming Vice President J.D.
We are human beings.
Theirs is a story of just one family.
And he was campaigning on rebooting and growinghis first terms Muslim ban.
It was like a sprint to get every person in who we could, one of these lawyers says.
It is a tragedy how few families weve been able to reunite in America.
In the past several months,Rolling Stonespoke to a number of Muslim families who could be affected.
The first Trump administration told the court these concerns were outlined in the secret DHS document.
To many outside observers and experts, this reeked of obvious bad faith.
The first Trump administration fought to keep this alleged document hidden from the public.
Im a mother and I dont know how many diapers youve changed.
The sound the baby makes is horrifying.
Its seared into your brain.
It haunts you forever.
One of them had just buried her baby sister just before she got on a plane to come here.
