Khan and his wife were born in Pakistan, but he has been an American citizen for more than 30 years. The Khan’s son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan, died in the Iraq War in 2004.
In a statement, Khan said the following:
“This turn of events is not just of deep concern to me but to all my fellow Americans who cherish our freedom to travel abroad. I have not been given any reason as to why.”
In an in interview with The New Yorker last month, Khizr Khan was asked to give his opinion about the President’s first travel ban:
It’s un-American. It’s against the safety of my country. I say to President Trump and his security advisers, the drafters of these executive orders, to get out of the White House and go to Arlington Cemetery and stand in front of all the tombstones and learn from observation that Muslims, and people from all other faiths, have given their lives to protect the Constitution and values of pluralism and equal protection. I hope that their sense of patriotism is awakened and they realize that these executive orders banning Muslims and creating walls will not do.
