As the Trump administration continues to bar citizens of over a dozen foreign nations, local immigrant communities have been left feeling frustrated and fearful.

The travel ban, which expands on Trump’s efforts to ban nationals from several predominantly Muslim countries in his first term, now includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Fallout from the ban has reverberated through Fremont’s Centerville neighborhood, known as Little Kabul, which is home to many Afghan residents and businesses. The city drew waves of refugees after the armed conflict between the U.S. and Afghanistan in the early 2000s, and has become known as a cultural hub for Afghan-Americans.

G. Omar, who owns the Afghan Bazaar w

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