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Trump travel ban won’t keep engaged couples apart after all

Protestors of a travel ban gather in Union Square, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in New York. A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban takes effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Protestors of a travel ban gather in Union Square, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in New York. A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban takes effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Protestors of a travel ban gather in Union Square, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in New York. A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban takes effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK (AP) – The Trump administration’s travel ban will not keep engaged couples apart after all.

In a last-minute reversal, the government has added fiances to the list of close family relations in the U.S. that will enable travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United States.

That’s a relief to couples who were disheartened when the ban was first outlined.

Says Paul Gottinger, an American engaged to marry an Iranian, “This is one more crazy twist on the roller coaster.”