4 Month-Old Iranian Baby Will Have Heart Surgery In U.S. After Muslim-Ban Blocked By Judge
Baby Fatemah captured our hearts this week when we found out that she would be one of the people who would be blocked from entering the U.S. and as a consequence not receive life-saving heart surgery here in the U.S.
But now that a federal judge has placed a national halt on Trump’s Muslim-ban, the four-month-old Iranian girl will get to enter the U.S. for heart surgery.
When Baby Fatemah’s family tried to bring her to the United States this week she was refused because of Donald Trump’s Executive Order.
The NY Daily News is reporting that Fatemah has been granted a waiver to enter the United States and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has secured legal assistance and said doctors at Mt. Sinai have agreed to perform the procedure for free.
Governor Cuomo worked with the International Refugee Assistance Project to petition for a waiver for the family. “We will continue to work with the International Refugee Assistance Project to ensure this baby receives the treatment she needs, and fight for those being unfairly shut out of America’s gates by this policy,” Cuomo said.
