New Zealand news outlets noted that they had sought to travel to the United States from Jordan, where they had been living, but were blocked by President Donald Trump’sMuslim ban Hamza and Khaled arrived in New Zealand only a few months ago, after fleeingSyriaand theongoing warthere. According to thePost Cashmere High School, where Hamza was a student, was hit particularly hard by the mosque shootings. In aFacebook post "This tragedy represents the worst possible outcome when people, including children, are held in inhumane conditions,” Cynthia Pompa, an ACLU Border Rights Center advocacy manager, toldthe Associated Press