
UPDATED: August 27, 2010 5pm – Good News!
Barbados Mother of Sick Child Told She Can Stay in US
ATLANTA – A mother from Barbados who was being told she may have to leave her critically ill daughter in Atlanta received some good news Friday. Petra Gooding says her immigration attorney got a call Friday morning from immigration. They were told they are working on extending her visa to allow her to stay in the country until November.
… full story at Fox 5 News
BFP’s Original story…
Petrah Gooding may have to leave 7 year old daughter alone in USA for treatment
Thousands of illegal immigrants stream into the USA every day from Mexico and the courts and US government bends over backwards to accommodate them. That’s Mexico: this is about Barbados.
Barbados mother Petrah Gooding applied LEGALLY to take her daughter Niamah, aged 7, for cancer treatment at Atlanta’s Aflac Cancer Centre. The USA gave the mother a nine month visa, while the daughter received 18 months because that is the length of the cancer treatment programme.
Now the USA has told the mother to leave her 7 year old daughter behind and exit the country on September 2, 2010. Continue reading →