An ailing toddler receiving medical care in a U.S. hospital has been separated from his parents. Their visas were revoked due to President Donald Trump's Muslim ban.
Dilbreen is an Iraqi child receiving treatments at the Shriner's Hospital in Boston after sustaining serious burns at a refugee camp. The almost 2-year-old has been through surgeries since September 2016 but he is scheduled for more operations.
His father was with him during the preliminary rounds of the medical treatment. His mother, however, gave birth at the refugee camp in November, so his father Ajeel had to temporarily go back.
The problem is the Muslim ban has delayed Dilbreen's family's entry to the U.S. to be with the toddler. They were supposed to join Dilbreen last Jan. 25 in time for his next rounds of surgery, the Independent Journal Review reports.
Without his parents and his new baby brother, who has been named Trump, Dilbreen remains under the care of the Yazidi American Women's Organization based in Michigan. Lawyers have been working to help the family get new visas for the U.S.
Humanitarian Sally Becker shared Dilbreen's story on Facebook, which has been gaining international support. Becker said the family fled Iraq because of the ISIS and Dilbreen, like Trump, was born in the refugee camp. An accident in the camp, however, cost his health and he will be needing a series of surgeries for a year to ensure that his body can still function normally.
Over the weekend, however, the federal court issued a temporary stop to the president's executive order. Essentially what this means is that those in the Muslim ban list can enter the U.S. without their valid visas getting revoked, according to The Washington Post.
The government has already filed its appeal and a hearing is expected to take place Monday. CNN reports Dilbreen's family has not yet secured a visa as of Feb. 5 despite the court's block.
