Mana — that’s her preferred pseudonym — fled to Turkey in 2012. After her home was raided by the Iranian government and her older son was imprisoned, Mana concluded that fleeing was the only way that she and her younger son would be safe. After two-and-a-half years living as refugees in Turkey, she was accepted by the U.S. refugee resettlement program and allowed to replant her life in the U.S.

Three years after arriving, Mana now has her green card, her younger son is thriving in school, and she’s starting a small business. But she fears for her older son, who was released from jail but, as a result of a near-total shutdown of refugee resettlement for those from Iran, is unlikely to be able to join his family in northeast Ohio anytime soon.