Yemeni mother arrives in U.S. to see dying son
150 views · Published 25 December 2018 · 2:12 · Indexed 8 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(20 Dec 2018) After a yearlong legal battle, a Yemeni mother has come to the U.S. to give her dying son one last kiss. Shaima Swileh arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday on her way to see her 2-year-old son Abdullah, who is on life-support at an Oakland hospital. The U.S. granted her a visa after lawyers for the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued. The boy's father is an American citizen who brought his son to California to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder. Citizens from Yemen and four other mostly Muslim countries, along with North Korea and Venezuela, are restricted from coming to the United States under the travel ban. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ban in a 5-4 ruling in June. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/277ecdcaee96ee86df0450eb7acbefcf
