A Nigerian woman serving in the United States Army has appealed to President Donald Trump to intervene in a visa dispute preventing her 10-year-old daughter from joining her in the United States.
The soldier said her daughter is seriously ill and needs urgent medical attention that she believes is difficult to access in Nigeria. She made the appeal in a video shared on TikTok, saying she has been separated from the child for about a decade.
The woman said her daughter had completed the required immigration process but remained unable to travel to the US because of current visa restrictions. She said the child became critically ill while the family waited for the immigration process to be completed.
“I’m not just speaking as a soldier; I’m speaking as a mother whose heart is gradually breaking,” she said, appealing for humanitarian consideration of her case.
She acknowledged the importance of US immigration laws and national security but asked the government to consider an exception for families facing circumstances similar to hers.
The soldier said she had already contacted her military commander and US Senator Amy Klobuchar for assistance. According to her, the senator attempted to intervene but was informed that the immigration process was proceeding normally.
She also said she could not return to Nigeria because of security concerns, while arguing that her children should not be treated as a threat to the United States.
The woman said she had turned to social media after exhausting other avenues and appealed to users to share her video and tag Trump. She asked the President to help reunite her with her daughter, whom she said urgently needs medical care.
The claims about the child’s medical condition, visa status and the immigration process were made by the soldier in her video and have not been independently verified in the report.
