A Maryland woman says she's fearful of going to see her family in Sierra Leon after President Donald Trump announced a travel ban and restrictions targeting mostly African and Middle Eastern countries.

“Though I grew up here, my heart is in Sierra Leone," said Sonia Staples, a resident of Prince George's County. "It is my heart, okay. It is my heart.”

Staples spent the first 14 years of her life in Sierra Leone before moving to the United States.

She said she was preparing to take her two sons on their first trip to her home country this August.

But that trip is now in jeopardy in light of Trump's restrictions on visitors from seven countries, including Sierra Leon, she said.

“My family will be donating a school to a village. I would love to go, but not knowing what would happen, I wo

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