British MP says US denied boarding to Muslim family

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s office says they will look into the reason why a Muslim family was denied entry into the United States at the last minute.

The family, which numbered 11 people, was prevented from boarding a plane at London’s Gatwick Airport on December 15. “The official who stopped them was from the US Department of Homeland Security – and in the ensuing furor, other local residents have come forward to say that they, too, have been summarily refused entry to America”.

A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘The Prime Minister would consider the issues raised and respond in due course’. She said there is “growing fear” among British Muslims that aspects of Trumps plans are coming into practice even though they have been widely condemned.

Writing in the newspaper, she said she had “hit a brick wall” with getting an explanation from American authorities and so has asked Cameron to intervene.

Mr Mahmood said the children had been excited about the trip for months, and were devastated not to be able to visit their cousins in California and go to Disneyland and Universal Studios, as planned.

“He finally said they had had a call from Washington DC from homeland security and that I wasn’t allowed to board”.

Mr Mahmood, 41, was with his brother and their children, aged between eight and 19, when they told their visas had been revoked. The family was also made to return every item they purchased from the airport’s duty-free shops.

“I have never been more embarrassed in my life”. “I work here. I have a business here”.

Earlier, Mahmood told CNN: “We’ve been Trumped”. “It’s devastating, it’s like we were alienated-just taken out of the room”. The office of Prime Minister David Cameron is investigating the claims.

Mr Mahmood said: “My daughter was meant to be going to Barcelona and now she’s afraid to travel”.

The row comes in the wake of a furious row over U.S. preseidential candidate Donald’s Trump’s call for all Muslims to be banned from entering America. However, U.S. authorities prevented the two brothers and their kids from boarding the plane despite the fact that they had already received travel authorization online, The Guardian reports. “However not forwarding any reasons infuriates ordinary people”. More than 300,000 people signed a petition to ban Trump from the United Kingdom and Cameron called Trump’s comments “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”.

Another Muslim couple from London told Buzzfeed News they had also been blocked several times, despite being told there was nothing amiss with their travel documents or background checks. The implication, rather, was that the atmosphere to which Trump has contributed, with his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country, played a role in their exclusion solely, they believe, on the grounds of religion.