<div><p>The President's 'Muslim Ban' has been a widely controversial subject since he came into office. </p><p>Everyone has heard the stories of legal residents being deported or turned away, but a smaller (yet equally important) aspect of this ban hasn't been making headlines. A lot of the people who have been restricted from entering the country have pets. </p><p>Nazanin Zinouri, is an engineer in the United States under a foreign worker visa. She has lived in South Carolina for 7 years, and works is a Clemson University doctoral graduate. Zinouri was born in Iran and recently flew home to visit her family. While she was there, the United States government implement a travel ban that refused entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. </p><p>Zinouri was, of course, devastated she could not return. But what really struck her the most was that her dog, Dexter, would now be left alone. </p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"Dexter is being taking care of by my amazing friends/neighbors," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202875422043488&set=a.1314906649651.54397.1740263676&type=3">she wrote on Facebook</a>. "I want to get updates and pictures of him everyday but it is just heartbreaking to see them and not know if I will ever be able to get back to him."</p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2267924448-3_GH_content_550px.png 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>Zinouri and Dexter were given a small feeling of relief when a federal judge ordered a temporary halt to the executive order, meaning people who had legitimate visas and green cards could re-enter the country. </p><p>Dexter was waiting at the airport for Zinouri when she got off the plane, as was a huddle of new reporters. Her case had become a topic of discussion among news networks because of the questionable legality of it all. </p><p>When Dexter and Zinouri were reunited, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.</p><p></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CUFWSW1487351470"><div class="migration-wrapper"><amp-facebook data-href="https://www.facebook.com/WYFF4/videos/10155032810359114/" layout="responsive" height="600" width="640"></amp-facebook></div></div><p></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>This travel ban implemented by the government affects more than just people. It's important to remember that there are families and animals waiting for legal residents to return home.</p></div>