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My family expected the usual post-holiday travel blues after spending Christmas and New Year’s on an ultra-luxury Caribbean cruise. What we did not expect was to get stranded the moment we stepped off the ship.On Saturday morning, we disembarked our ship in Barbados and boarded a prearranged island sightseeing tour…

Reupping an H-1B visa used to mean a quick trip abroad. Now it can mean getting stranded.Google, Apple, Microsoft, and other companies are advising some employees with visas not to travel outside the US because of a new Trump administration policy mandating that consular officers review visa applicants’ social-media posts…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amina Green, a 29-year-old data scientist based in San Francisco. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. A Waymo spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.I remember being excited for my first Waymo ride earlier last year.When…