The ban is already affecting hiring decisions, despite an oil industry desperate for specialists like ones from majority-Muslim nations to work in Texas
Chemical, electrical and production engineers are among those who gather every Friday for a service at the Muslim Association of West Texas, a small mosque in Midland, Texas.
According to Farook Rafeek, who regularly attends these services, more than half of the congregation works in the oil industry.
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