After months of waiting, a Yemeni mother has been granted permission by the State Department to fly to California to say goodbye to her dying 2-year-old son, according to her attorney.
So in October, Swileh’s husband and son boarded a plane to California without her. The boy began seeking treatment at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, where doctors sent letters to the embassy in Cairo about Abdullah’s dire health, Sweilem said. Still, there was no progress. Then, last week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Sacramento Valley, a legal and advocacy organization, got involved and Sweilem took on the case.
