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Grandparents Aren’t 'Bona Fide' Relatives Under Latest Travel Ban

Set to begin Thursday at 8 PM, the new travel ban guidelines aim to reduce the confusion, but there’s still plenty of room for interpretation.

The Trump administration has decided how to define the word "relationship" after the Supreme Court ruled that the president's travel ban can apply to everyone except people who can prove "a bona fide relationship" with a person or entity in the United States.

Enforcement of the ban is set to begin Thursday at 8 PM ET, according to a State Department cable sent to US embassies and consulates around the world. The cable was first obtained by the Associated Press and later published in full by Reuters.

When the ban initially took effect in January—before it was blocked by federal courts, revised by Trump, then blocked again—it caused chaos at airports around the country, since it was unclear exactly who would be allowed to enter. The new guidelines aim to reduce the confusion this time around, but there's still plenty of uncertainty and room for interpretation.

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