Michigan cardiologist’s mother gets visa interview cancelled after Trump’s executive order
Khaldoon Alaswad, a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, made headlines after his mother had her March 14 visa interviewed canceled a day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order than prevents immigrant and travelers from seven predominantly Muslin countries from coming to the U.S., reports Crain’s Detroit Business.
Alaswad’s mother, Aisheh, is 77 years old, lives in Syria and is suffering from heart failure and renal failure. She was hoping to come to see her family while she was still healthy enough.
"She doesn't like to come here,” Alaswad said. “It is a difficult trip. I got her to agree if my daughter, Elsa, got accepted for medical school, she would come for a visit.”
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