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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 08:46 PM Dec 2018

State Department allows Yemeni mother to travel to US to see her dying son, lawyer says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Yemeni mother who has been unable to obtain permission from the U.S. State Department to travel to California to see her dying son has been granted a visa through a rare travel ban waiver, according to her lawyer Saad Sweilem.

Sweilem told The Sacramento Bee federal officials issued the visa Tuesday morning.

The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Bee.

Sweilem is now assisting the mother, Shaima Swileh, with travel plans. He said Swileh hopes to leave Cairo, where she has been staying while attempting to get a visa, today.

"We are happy that she can kiss and hold her son one last time," Sweilem said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state-department-allows-yemeni-mother-to-travel-to-us-to-see-her-dying-son-lawyer-says/ar-BBR7Vg1?li=BBnb7Kz

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State Department allows Yemeni mother to travel to US to see her dying son, lawyer says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP
That this was originally denied told me that monsters are in charge malaise Dec 2018 #1
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