Remember the squad of adolescent young woman barred from entering the United States where they were to compete in a automaton construction challenge ? Well here ’s some good news – the decision hasbeen overturned , with barely a daylight to spare .
As wereportedlast week , six Afghan girls were chosen to be part ofFirst Global , an international robot building consequence . squad from 163 countries are to co - operate with , and compete against , each other to develop skills in robotics and teamwork across external bound . The robots themselves may provide clues on how to rescue life - saving clean water where it is scarce .
The girls were so keen that , when the equipment they were to use to make their start robot was delayed , they drill with the modified stuff they could forgather . They double made the very hazardous journey from Herat to Kabul to be interviewed at the US Embassy , but were doubly rejected , even for one - hebdomad visas .
Now , however , a State Department postulation for US Citizenship and Immigration Services to reverse the decision and allow the girls , and their chaperon , into the country , has been O.K. . Moreover , the Gambian team who were also in the beginning rejected , and four other teams that had been await for an solution , have been accepted as well .
First Global president and former representative Joe Sestak celebrated in a affirmation , saying : “ I truly trust our greatest power is the might to convoke country , to bring hoi polloi together in the chase of a common goal and essay that our similarities greatly outweigh our differences . ”
We do n’t know whether the variety of heart amount all the fashion from the White House , or if the decision was made further down the dividing line . However , as a late president noted , thebuck stopson the President ’s desk . Just as President Trump is justly held responsible for his underlings ' mistakes , he gets credit for this decision .
The pressing scuffle to get to Washington may put the Afghans and Gambians at a disadvantage , but they can still await forward to the experience of a lifetime . Extremists telling Afghans the US would never treat them with respect have had their propaganda triumph kidnap out from under them , and even greater alliances will be created against those who wish well to divide us .
