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Yemeni mother granted travel ban exemption to visit her dying son in US

A Yemeni mother has been granted permission to visit her dying child in a US hospital after she was initially barred because of the Trump administration's travel ban.

Travel Ban Dying Son

Ali Hassan with his child Abdullah. Source: AP

A mother from Yemen was granted Tuesday her wish to see her dying toddler one last time in the United States, which agreed to issue her a waiver from its ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries.

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