(CNN) The mother of a 2-year-old boy on life support in an Oakland hospital cannot see her son because of the White House's travel ban, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Sacramento Valley chapter. Abdullah Hassan is on a ventilator at the University of California San Francisco's Benioff Chidren's Hospital Oakland and is suffering from a genetic brain condition. Abdullah's mother is a Yemeni national living in Egypt, CAIR says. The boy, whose birthday was Saturday, and his father are American citizens. The boy's mother has applied for a waiver to be with her child, and CAIR's Sacramento Valley office plans to file court documents asking the government to expedite her waiver request, the organization said.

Source: CNN December 17, 2018 19:06 UTC