VIDEO: Indonesian students reconsider U.S. study plans in wake of Trump’s travel ban

Young Indonesians such as 24-year-old Bachtiar Asral, who planned to pursue his masters in banking at Boston University, are now rethinking their plans, to pursue their education goals in America, feeling unwelcome after U.S. President Donald Trump passed a travel ban on seven other Muslim-majority countries. Reuter’s Ryan Brooks reports.



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