By Aya Fayad, MediaNews Group

More than three months after the Trump administration’s second travel ban on Yemen, officials in the Metro Detroit Yemeni community said it is discriminatory, spreading fear and sparking logistical problems for those with ties to the region.

The measure announced on June 5 took effect four days later and targets 12 other countries that are mainly African, Middle Eastern and majority-Muslim.

“It has been a constant, constant, constant suffering all these years,” said Abdulhakem Alsadah, a member of the Dearborn-based National Association of Yemeni Americans. “And now we are faced with a new challenge, which is the ban.”

Metro Detroit activists and community members said they are reminded of the Trump administration’s first travel ban in 2017, often referred

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