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Mohammad Pakravan is from Iran, one of the seven countries affected by the ban.

AUDIO: Immigration ban extended interviews (playlist)

Joe Wolf, News Contributor
February 6, 2017

Click below to listen to a collection of audio interviews conducted by Barometer reporter Joe Wolf, including Mohammad Pakravan, an Iranian PhD student, Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser, OSU vice president...

Travel Ban Full Coverage

February 5, 2017

On Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that banned citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from temporarily entering into the United States.At this time, according to...

Sara Mahdavifard, Vahid Mahdavifard, Mohammad Pakravan, and Leila Ghorbanzaden (left to right) are from Iran, one of the seven countries affected by the ban.

Closed borders, open campus

Lauren Sluss, Managing Editor and Joe Wolf
February 5, 2017

University, community members respond to immigration banFor Mohammad Pakravan, America was a shining beacon promising a better life. This was the promise that drew him to the U.S. in 2012.Born in Iran,...

Maya Casillas, 7, joins in a vigil to protest against President Trumps executive orders on immigration organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights on January 25, 2017, at City Hall in Los Angeles.

Letter from the Editor: In response to President Trump’s immigration ban

Riley Youngman, Editor-in-Chief
January 30, 2017

This last Friday, the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, signed an executive order banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.According...

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