Zibanejad affected by Trump's travel ban

Mika Zibanejad, a Swede of Iranian descent, is one of the countless U.S. and world citizens affected by Donald Trump's executive order barring travelers from seven countries from entering the United States.

Zibanejad's father lives in the U.S. with a green card. They have many family members, including Zibanejad's grandmother and eight cousins, living in Iran, one of the seven Muslim-majority countries identified.

He spoke to Justin Tasch of the New York Daily News about the travel ban and how it affects his family.

It hasn't been easy for them to come here, and this certainly doesn't make it easier, or even possible at this point. It's hard to kind of comment on. I don't want to get in too deep, but it seems like it's very straightforward and they have very straight lines of what the deal is, but I find still they're confused about it, still a lot of confusion about what's wrong and what's not. I guess when a change like this comes very, not from nowhere, but when it comes down like it did, I feel like there was maybe not a whole lot of thought about how to work it out. It seems very straightforward but very confusing about how they deal with it.

Zibanejad admitted that he did have concern, but re-entered the United States without a problem following a vacation for All-Star weekend.

Right now, that seems like an impossibility for many of his relatives.

Obviously being here now and living here doesn't make it easier. That sucks, but I can't comment more of how things are. Right now it just sucks. The more further this goes and we see what kind of solution we come to, then it's easier to kind of comment on.