Once banned by Trump, Yemeni mother arrives in U.S. to see dying child

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The boy's father thanked "people all over the world" for supporting his wife's plight.

A Yemeni woman prohibited from entering the United States under President Trump's travel ban arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday night to see her dying 2-year-old son, who was being treated at a Bay Area hospital.

Shaima Swileh was mobbed by well-wishers and press at San Francisco International Airport, but she did not speak. The woman, who has been trying to enter the country for more than a year, her supporters say, was granted a visa waiver Tuesday by the U.S. State Department following intense media attention.

Her son, Abdullah Hassan, who suffers a genetic brain condition, was brought to the United States for treatment by Swileh's husband and the boy's father, Ali Hassan, 22, an American citizen living with family in Stockton, California.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/once-banned-trump-yemeni-mother-arrives-u-s-see-dying-n950206
 
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