Last month, 79-year-old Martha Beatriz Roque, a prominent dissident and former political prisoner, who received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department in absentia last year, was finally allowed to come to Miami by Cuban authorities because she needed medical treatment after falling gravely ill.

Thirty Harvard students will travel to Pakistan on Friday for the Harvard College Pakistani Students Association’s second annual Pakistan Trek as the Trump administration decides whether to include the country in a new travel ban policy expected this week.

When asked about the travel ban, a State Department spokesperson said the agency “does not comment on internal deliberations or communications.”

Trump Bluntly Shuts Down Reporter’s Question About Which Countries May Be Added To Travel Ban List During a press briefing on Wednesday, President Trump was asked about countries that may be placed under a travel ban.