Four-month-old baby girl not allowed to come to the US for heart surgery

[renate]

[Her uncle] helped translate the visa paperwork and schedule appointments, and his niece was set to meet with doctors at OHSU on February 5.

Fatemah and her mother flew to Dubai on Saturday, which is when they learned they could not make the connecting flight to the United States. Iran is one of seven countries included in President trump’s executive order banning immigration and refugees.

“I go the email and everything was cancelled, we were shocked, I tried to call and send email no one called back,” said Taghizadeh.

Taghizadeh was told to apply for new visa's in 90 days when the executive order is set to expire, his fear is that Fatemah doesn’t have that long. Instead he says he is hoping for a miracle.

http://katu.com/news/local/infant-set-to-travel-from-iran-for-surgery-at-ohsu-stopped-at-airport-overseas

[lpbk2713]

1. Maybe an intermediary country could donate their facilities.

And the US doctors could meet the patient and her family in Spain or France or
England. It would be a good way for all involved to give a big FU to Trumpass.