Surayya's flight to the United States was already booked when President Trump ordered a pause on the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Not long after, her flight was canceled and her stomach dropped.

Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump ... to admit refugees on a "case-by-case basis." ...

so thousands of people who were waiting to reach safety in the U.S. after years of vetting found themselves in limbo. As NPR's Diaa Hadid reports, they include thousands of Afghans who worked with ...

He argues the country doesn't have the capacity to absorb large numbers of refugees, so thousands of people who were waiting to reach safety in the U.S. after years of vetting found themselves in ...